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煙幕

煙幕

See also: 烟幕

Chinese

cigarette; tobacco; smoke stage curtain; tent
trad. (煙幕) 煙 幕
simp. (烟幕) 烟 幕

Noun

煙幕

  1. smokescreen

Synonyms

  • 煙氣幕／烟气幕 (yānqìmù)

Japanese

煙幕 (enmaku): a smokescreen partially obscuring a ship.
Kanji in this term
煙 幕
えん
Grade: S 		まく
Grade: 6
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound term 煙幕 ‎(ʔen mak, literally “smoke + curtain, screen”). Compare modern Mandarin yānmù, Cantonese jin1 mok6.

Pronunciation

Noun

煙幕 ‎(hiragana えんまく, romaji enmaku)

  1. a smokescreen

Usage notes

“To lay or place a smokescreen” is expressed in Japanese using the verb 張る ‎(haru, “to stretch taut”), probably in reference to the curtain meaning expressed by the 幕 ‎(maku) character.

攻撃 (こうげき)を困難 (こんなん)にするために煙幕 (えんまく)を張 (は)る
kōgeki o konnan ni suru tame ni enmaku o haru
place a smokescreen to make it difficult to attack [us]

Also used in a figurative sense.

好 (す)きな人 (ひと)について煙幕 (えんまく)を張 (は)る
suki na hito ni tsuite enmaku o haru
put up a smokescreen about the person [he / she] likes

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  • 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

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