雲隠れ

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

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(れん)濁(だく)).

• (Tokyo) くもがくれ [kùmógáꜜkùrè] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟mo̞ɡa̠kɯ̟ɾe̞]

雲(くも)隠(がく)れ • (kumogakure) 

1. 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).]

2. 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)

3. the death of a person of great importance, such as a nobleman

   Synonym: 御隠れ (o-kakure)

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))

1. to disappear, go into hiding

雲(くも)隠(がく)れ • (Kumogakure) 

1. 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

• “雲隠れ”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026