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    潜伏

    潜せん伏ぷく

    concealment

    KMT9News #26+1Ref L2Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveMilitaryKanji Vocab21 strokes

    せんぷく

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    concealment, hiding, ambush
    2.
    incubation, latency, dormancy

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    敵てきは森もりの中なかに潜せん伏ぷくしていた。

    The enemy was hiding in the forest.

    KMT6Military
    そのスパイは長ちょう期き間かん、敵てき国こくに潜せん伏ぷくしていた。

    The spy had been in hiding in the enemy country for a long period.

    KMT9MilitaryPolitics & Law
    ウイルスは体たい内ないで潜せん伏ぷく期き間かんを経へてから症しょう状じょうを発はっ症しょうする。

    Viruses develop symptoms after an incubation period within the body.

    KMT9Medicine & HealthScience & Math
    特とく殊しゅ部ぶ隊たいは、夜や陰いんに乗じょうじて敵てき陣じん近ちかくに潜せん伏ぷくした。

    The special forces infiltrated and hid near the enemy lines under the cover of night.

    KMT9Military
    潜せん在ざい的てきな問もん題だいが表ひょう面めん化かするまで、しばらく潜せん伏ぷくしていることがある。

    Potential problems sometimes lie dormant for a while before surfacing.

    KMT9Science & MathEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    潜
    ひそ.む・もぐ.る・かく.れる・くぐ.る・ひそ.める…(1)
    submerge・conceal・hide・lower (voice)・hush
    伏
    ふ.せる・ふ.す…(3)
    prostrated・bend down・bow・cover・lay (pipes)
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