隠れ蓑

かくれみの· also カクレミノ

cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; guise; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant)

Also written 隠れみの

Meanings

Noun
cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; guise
Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant)
straw raincoat that makes one invisible

Example sentences

その倉庫そうこは麻薬密売まやくみつばい者しゃの隠かくれみのだった。

The warehouse was a front for drug traffickers.
マフィアは隠かくれみのに合法的ごうほうてきな事業じぎょうを展開てんかいしている。

The Mafia uses legitimate business operations as a front.