# 雲隠れ
## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 雲 | 隠 |
| くも Grade: 2 | かく > がく Grade: S |
| kun'yomi ||
* Alternative spelling
* 雲隱れ (kyūjitai)

### Alternative forms

* (unnumbered chapter in The Tale of Genji): 雲隠

### Etymology

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of classical 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō) verb 雲隠る (kumogakuru, “to hide or disappear behind the clouds”).
Equivalent to 雲 (kumo, “cloud”) +‎ 隠れ (kakure, stem form of verb 隠れる (kakureru), “to disappear, hide”). The kakure changes to gakure as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) くもがくれ [kùmógáꜜkùrè] (Nakadaka – [3])
* IPA: [kɯ̟mo̞ɡa̠kɯ̟ɾe̞]

### Noun

雲(くも)隠(がく)れ • (kumogakure)
* hiding or vanishing behind the clouds, said of, for example, the moon
** c. 1005, Shūi Wakashū (book 13, poem 784)
    あふことは片(かた)われ月(づき)の雲隠(くもがく)れおぼろげにやは人(ひと)の恋(こひ)しき
       au koto wa katawarezuki no kumogakure oboroge ni ya wa hito no koishiki
       (please add an English translation of this example)
** 1205, Shin Kokin Wakashū (book 16, poem 1499), text here
    めぐりあひて見(み)しやそれともわかぬまに雲隠(くもがく)れにし夜半(よは)の月影(つきかげ)
       meguri-aite mishi ya sore to mo wakanu ma ni kumogakure-ni-shi yowa no tsukikage
       (please add an English translation of this example)
       [Note: Poem 57 of the Hyakunin Isshu replaces yowa no tsukikage with 夜半の月かな (yowa no tsuki kana).]
* a disappearance, going into hiding
** c. 1005, Shūi Wakashū (book 13, poem 785)
    秋(あき)の夜(よ)の月(つき)かも君(きみ)は雲(くも)がくれ暫(しば)しも見(み)ねばここら恋(こひ)しき
       aki no yo no tsuki ka mo kimi wa kumogakure shibashi mo mineba kokora koishiki
       (please add an English translation of this example)
* the death of a person of great importance, such as a nobleman
    Synonym: 御隠れ (o-kakure)

### Verb

雲(くも)隠(がく)れする • (kumogakure suru) suru (stem 雲(くも)隠(がく)れし (kumogakure shi), past 雲(くも)隠(がく)れした (kumogakure shita))
* to disappear, go into hiding

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 雲隠れし | くもがくれし | kumogakure shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 雲隠れし | くもがくれし | kumogakure shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 雲隠れする | くもがくれする | kumogakure suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 雲隠れする | くもがくれする | kumogakure suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 雲隠れすれ | くもがくれすれ | kumogakure sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 雲隠れせよ¹ 雲隠れしろ² | くもがくれせよ¹ くもがくれしろ² | kumogakure seyo¹ kumogakure shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 雲隠れされる | くもがくれされる | kumogakure sareru |
| Causative | 雲隠れさせる 雲隠れさす | くもがくれさせる くもがくれさす | kumogakure saseru kumogakure sasu |
| Potential | 雲隠れできる | くもがくれできる | kumogakure dekiru |
| Volitional | 雲隠れしよう | くもがくれしよう | kumogakure shiyō |
| Negative | 雲隠れしない | くもがくれしない | kumogakure shinai |
| Negative continuative | 雲隠れせず | くもがくれせず | kumogakure sezu |
| Formal | 雲隠れします | くもがくれします | kumogakure shimasu |
| Perfective | 雲隠れした | くもがくれした | kumogakure shita |
| Conjunctive | 雲隠れして | くもがくれして | kumogakure shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 雲隠れすれば | くもがくれすれば | kumogakure sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

### Proper noun

雲(くも)隠(がく)れ • (Kumogakure)
* an unnumbered chapter in The Tale of Genji at the end of 幻 (Maboroshi, chapter 41), where the death of the protagonist Hikaru Genji can be implied

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN