煙幕

See also: 烟幕

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

Pronunciation

Noun

煙幕

  1. smokescreen

Synonyms

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／烟幕 (ʔen mak, literally “smoke + curtain, screen”). Compare modern Mandarin yānmù, Cantonese jin1 mok6.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) え​んまく [éꜜǹmàkù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ẽ̞mːa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

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