隠れ蓑

かくれみの

Also written 隠れみの, カクレミノ

Meanings

1. Noun cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; guise
2. Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant)
3. straw raincoat that makes one invisible (orig. meaning)

Kanji

• 隠 hide. Read as かくれる.
• 蓑 straw raincoat. Read as みの.

Example sentences

• マフィアは隠れみのに合法的な事業を展開している。
  The Mafia uses legitimate business operations as a front.
• その倉庫は麻薬密売者の隠れみのだった。
  The warehouse was a front for drug traffickers.

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