JLPT N1 · な-adjective

密か (hisoka)

密か (ひそか, hisoka) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “secret; private”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ひそか
Romaji: hisoka
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

secret; private; surreptitious · な-adjective

Example sentences

彼はひそかにあなたの財産を狙っていますよ。

He has designs on your property.

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

Conjugation of 密か

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	密かだ	ひそかだ hisokada
Present (polite)	密かです	ひそかです hisokadesu
Negative	密かじゃない	ひそかじゃない hisokajanai
Past	密かだった	ひそかだった hisokadatta
Negative past	密かじゃなかった	ひそかじゃなかった hisokajanakatta
Te-form	密かで	ひそかで hisokade
Before a noun	密かな	ひそかな hisokana
Adverb (~ni)	密かに	ひそかに hisokani

Kanji in 密か

密

secrecy, density (pop), minutenessミツ・ひそ.か · 11 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 密か.

秘密ひみつsecret密みつdense厳密げんみつstrict過密かみつovercrowding精密せいみつprecise密集みっしゅうcrowding together密接みっせつclose (relationship, connection, etc.)密度みつどdensity

Source: JMdict entry 1612520 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.