| smokescreen |
| smoke screen | (n) (military) screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements, Syn. smokescreen |
| smoke screen | (n) an action intended to conceal or confuse or obscure, Syn. smokescreen, Example: requesting new powers of surveillance is just a smokescreen to hide their failures |
| 烟幕 | [烟 幕 / 煙 幕] smokescreen; fig. a diversion #63,014 [Add to Longdo] |
| 煙に巻く;烟に巻く | [けむにまく;けむりにまく(ik), kemunimaku ; kemurinimaku (ik)] (exp, v5k) to confuse someone; to befuddle someone; to create a smokescreen [Add to Longdo] |
| 煙幕 | [えんまく, enmaku] (n) smokescreen [Add to Longdo] |