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JLPT N2 · Adverb

こっそり (kossori)

こっそり is a Japanese adverb meaning “stealthily; secretly”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
こっそり
Romaji
kossori
Word class
Adverb
Level
JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. stealthily; secretly; in secret · adverb, adverb (taking と) · onomatopoeia / mimetic

Example sentences

彼はそのことを私にこっそり話してくれた。
He told me about it in private.
Tatoeba #113186

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Source: JMdict entry 1004520 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.