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煙幕

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See also: 烟幕

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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煙幕

  1. smokescreen

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Japanese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(えん)(まく) (enmaku

  1. a smokescreen

Usage notes

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“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 (maku) character.

攻撃(こうげき)困難(こんなん)にするために煙幕(えんまく)()
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.

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

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN