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 (連濁).

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) くもが​くれ [kùmógáꜜkùrè] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝmo̞ɡa̠kɯ̟ᵝɾe̞]

雲隠れ (hiragana くもがくれ, rōmaji 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 (よ)半 (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)

雲隠れする (hiragana くもがくれする, rōmaji kumogakure suru)

1. to disappear, go into hiding

雲隠れ (hiragana くもがくれ, rōmaji 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