JLPT N3 · な-adjective

密 (mitsu)

密 (みつ, mitsu) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “dense; thick”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists.

Reading: みつ
Romaji: mitsu
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

dense; thick; crowded · な-adjective, noun
close (relationship); intimate · な-adjective, noun
minute; fine; careful · な-adjective, noun
secret · な-adjective, noun
esoteric Buddhism; secret Buddhist teachings · noun · abbreviation

Example sentences

からだ全体が密に毛でおおわれている。

The entire body is densely covered with hair.

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

Conjugation of 密

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	密だ	みつだ mitsuda
Present (polite)	密です	みつです mitsudesu
Negative	密じゃない	みつじゃない mitsujanai
Past	密だった	みつだった mitsudatta
Negative past	密じゃなかった	みつじゃなかった mitsujanakatta
Te-form	密で	みつで mitsude
Before a noun	密な	みつな mitsuna
Adverb (~ni)	密に	みつに mitsuni

Kanji in 密

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

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 密.

秘密ひみつsecret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密かひそかsecret

Source: JMdict entry 2014380 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.