kaizan
falsification, alteration, spoofing
I love the second character. at top, the radical refers to 'hole', 'cave', 'den'... and then below that, 'rat'. that character itself means 'to flee'. the image is of a rat scurrying away into its hidey-hole. which is reinforced by this four-character Chinese aphorism:
抱頭鼠竄
(there's no immediate equivalent in Japanese, but the meaning is)
covering your head and running away like a rat.
what a wonderful image, in just four characters!
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