JLPT N3 · な-adjective

秘密 (himitsu)

秘密 (ひみつ, himitsu) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “secret; secrecy”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

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

Meaning

secret; secrecy; confidentiality; privacy · noun, な-adjective, noun taking の
mystery · noun
secret (e.g. to success) · noun
esoteric teachings · noun

Example sentences

私は彼女に取り入ってうまく秘密を聞き出した。

I charmed a secret out of her.

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

Conjugation of 秘密

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	秘密だ	ひみつだ himitsuda
Present (polite)	秘密です	ひみつです himitsudesu
Negative	秘密じゃない	ひみつじゃない himitsujanai
Past	秘密だった	ひみつだった himitsudatta
Negative past	秘密じゃなかった	ひみつじゃなかった himitsujanakatta
Te-form	秘密で	ひみつで himitsude
Before a noun	秘密な	ひみつな himitsuna
Adverb (~ni)	秘密に	ひみつに himitsuni

Kanji in 秘密

秘

secret, concealヒ・ひ.める・ひそ.か · 10 strokes

密

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

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 秘密.

神秘しんぴmystery秘書ひしょ(private) secretary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密かひそかsecret

Source: JMdict entry 1484150 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.