See 光を韜む on Wiktionary
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"2": "ひかり を つつみ、あと を くらます"
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"1": "光",
"2": "ひかり",
"3": "を",
"4": "",
"5": "韜む",
"6": "つつむ",
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"t1": "light",
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"1": "",
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"3": "L"
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"1": "sheathe the light"
},
"expansion": "“sheathe the light”",
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},
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"1": "sheathe the light"
},
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"etymology_text": "Shortening of 光(ひかり)を韜(つつ)み、迹(あと)を晦(くら)ます (hikari o tsutsumi, ato o kuramasu), a calque from Literary Chinese 韜光晦迹 (MC thaw kwang xwojH tsjek), using native Japanese words 光(ひかり) (hikari, “light”) + を (o, accusative particle) + 韜(つつ)む (tsutsumu, “to wrap”). Literally, “sheathe the light”.",
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"glosses": [
"to hide one's talents"
],
"id": "en-光を韜む-ja-phrase-jcwe5mOC",
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"hide",
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"ipa": "[çi̥ka̠ɾʲi o̞ t͡sɨt͡sɨmɯ̟]"
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"Japanese terms spelled with hyōgai kanji",
"Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
"Japanese terms spelled with を",
"Japanese terms spelled with 光 read as ひかり",
"Japanese terms spelled with 韜 read as つつ",
"Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
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"glosses": [
"to hide one's talents"
],
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],
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"talents",
"talents"
]
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"ipa": "[çi̥ka̠ɾʲi o̞ t͡sɨt͡sɨmɯ̟]"
},
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}
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