潜
潜

submerge, conceal, hide, lower (voice), hush

15 strokesFrequency 1,329JLPT N1Grade 8

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ひそ.むもぐ.るかく.れるくぐ.るひそ.める

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潜むひそむ潛む濳むIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #4073
1

to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent

くぐる潜るIntransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #4518
1

to go under; to pass under; to go through; to pass through

2

to dive (into or under the water)

3

to evade; to get around; to slip past

4

to survive; to surmount

潜るもぐるむぐるIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #4645
1

to dive (into or under water)

Examples
ロッククライミングも、海で深く潜ることもしたし、インドネシアの熱帯雨林で眠ったこともある。
I've done rock climbing and deep-sea diving and slept in an Indonesian jungle.
2

to get under; to get into; to get in; to creep into; to crawl under; to bury oneself; to burrow into; to dig oneself into; to snuggle under

3

to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself; to go underground

潜り込むもぐり込む潜りこむもぐりこむIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #5208
1

to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under)

Examples
ジムは家に着くとすぐにベッドにもぐり込んだ。
Jim had hardly got home when he crept into bed.
2

to sneak into; to infiltrate

密か秘かひそか窃か私か～な Adj.Freq #5816
1

secret; private; surreptitious

Examples
彼はひそかにあなたの財産を狙っていますよ。
He has designs on your property.
潜入せんにゅうNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #8339
1

infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover

Examples
彼は農夫に身をやつして城下町に潜入した。
Disguising himself as a peasant, he crept into the castle town.
潜伏せんぷくNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #10579
1

concealment; hiding; ambush

Examples
容疑者は三週間山に潜伏していた。
The suspect was hiding out in the mountains for three weeks.
2

incubation; latency; dormancy

身をひそめる身を潜めるみをひそめるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #14085
1

to hide oneself

Examples
ゴキブリは昼間は身をひそめている。
Cockroaches hide themselves during the day.
声を潜める声をひそめるこえをひそめるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #14631
1

to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice

くぐり抜ける潜り抜けるくぐりぬけるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #14791
1

to go through; to pass through

Examples
四つんばいになれば柵はくぐり抜けられるよ。
You can slip through the fence on all fours.
2

to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon); to evade (the law)

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