光を韜む

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
ひかり
Grade: 2
つつ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology[edit]

Derived from (ひかり)(つつ)み、(あと)(くら)ます (hikari o tsutsumi, ato o kuramasu), a calque of Literary Chinese 韜光晦迹. Literally "sheath the light".

Idiom[edit]

(ひかり)(つつ) (hikari o tsutsumu

  1. to hide one's talents

Conjugation[edit]