JLPT N3 · Verb

隠れる (kakureru)

隠れる (かくれる, kakureru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to hide; to conceal oneself”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: かくれる
Romaji: kakureru
Word class: Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

to hide; to conceal oneself; to take cover · ichidan verb, intransitive
to disappear (behind); to be hidden (by); to be covered; to go out of sight · ichidan verb, intransitive
to live in seclusion; to retire (from the world) · ichidan verb, intransitive
to be unknown (e.g. of a talent); to be undiscovered; to be hidden (e.g. of a meaning) · ichidan verb, intransitive · usu. prenominally as 隠れた
to pass away (of a person of high position) · ichidan verb, intransitive · honorific · as お隠れになる

Example sentences

子どもは箱の中に隠れていた。

The child was hiding in the box.

Tatoeba #168856

太陽が雲のかげに隠れた。

The sun disappeared behind a cloud.

Tatoeba #138184

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 隠れる

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	隠れる	かくれる kakureru
Polite (~masu)	隠れます	かくれます kakuremasu
Negative	隠れない	かくれない kakurenai
Polite negative	隠れません	かくれません kakuremasen
Past	隠れた	かくれた kakureta
Polite past	隠れました	かくれました kakuremashita
Negative past	隠れなかった	かくれなかった kakurenakatta
Te-form	隠れて	かくれて kakurete
Potential	隠れられる	かくれられる kakurerareru
Passive	隠れられる	かくれられる kakurerareru
Causative	隠れさせる	かくれさせる kakuresaseru
Volitional	隠れよう	かくれよう kakureyou
Imperative	隠れろ	かくれろ kakurero
Conditional (~ba)	隠れれば	かくれれば kakurereba

Kanji in 隠れる

隠

conceal, hide, coverイン・オン・かく.す・かく.し · 14 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 隠れる.

隠すかくすto hide隠居いんきょretirement (from work)

Source: JMdict entry 1170660 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.