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変装

へんそう

disguise

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Examples

  1. 彼は変装して町に出た。

    かれはへんそうしてまちにでた。

    He went into town in disguise.

  2. 警官に変装した男が建物に入り込んだ。

    けいかんにへんそうしたおとこがたてものにはいりこんだ。

    A man disguised as a police officer got into the building.

  3. 変装がうまくて誰も気づかなかった。

    へんそうがうまくてだれもきづかなかった。

    The disguise was so good that nobody noticed.

Common patterns

〜に変装する
to disguise oneself as
変装を解く
to drop the disguise
変装がばれる
the disguise is seen through

Memory tip

Changing your looks so you are not recognised — wig, glasses, a borrowed uniform. Dressing up for fun is 仮装 (as at Halloween), and 偽装 disguises a fact rather than a face.

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