This character can be written using '乚' as an alternative to '隠'.

Mr. Shiraishi is my best friend.

I started preparing the vegetables for dinner.

Before starting to cook, preparation of ingredients is necessary.

I was fascinated by the beauty of shiragi-gaku.

Will you marry me?

"Do you want to have a meal? Take a bath? Or choose me?" she said jokingly.

She used to be a prostitute, but now she has started a new life.

He was hiding the fact that he was an illegitimate child.

I'm sorry, but I don't speak Japanese.