Frequency rank: 5,227. – 5,230.
- secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; secret
- one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
- inner realization; personal enlightenmentonly applies to ないしょうBuddhism
- kitchenonly applies to 内所
noun (common) (futsuumeishi); nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Forms
- 内緒【ないしょ】Frequency rank: 5,227. – 5,230.
- 内証【ないしょ】【ないしょう】
- 内所【ないしょ】
- ないしょFrequency rank: 29,319. – 29,535.
- ないしょう
Generated definitions (experimental)
- secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; secret
- one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
- inner realization; personal enlightenment
- kitchen
This meaning refers to keeping information hidden from others, often for personal or sensitive reasons. It can involve discreet matters that should not be disclosed publicly.
This meaning relates to an individual's personal situations, particularly regarding finances or social status, which are often kept private.
This refers to a personal discovery or deep understanding that a person achieves internally, often leading to significant self-awareness or growth.
In this context, this meaning refers to the place where food is prepared and cooked, often associated with domestic spaces.
Generated collocations (experimental)
ないしょ内緒にするto keep a secretないしょばなし内緒話whispered conversation; secret talkないしょ内緒のやくそく約束secret promiseないしょ内緒にしておくto keep it a secretないしょ内緒をうちあける打ち明けるto confess a secretおかねお金のないしょ内緒financial secrecyないしょ内緒をまもる守るto keep a secretないしょ内緒をばくろ暴露するto reveal a secretないしょ内緒のともだち友達secret friendないしょ内緒でけいかく計画するto plan in secret
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
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Oh, that's a secret, OK? Because slipping out of the dorm in the night is severely punished.
2. きろKさんのないしょ内緒にしていただくとのやくそく約束のもとにぜんかい前回きごう「さゆう左右きごう」ごじつだん後日談なるだぶん駄文をおおくりしましたお送りしましたが、こんかい今回はそのごじつだん後日談です。
Last time I sent out my humble work, the afterword to "left-right", written on the promise that you'd keep it secret from him, this time it's the afterword to that afterword.
He hasn't said anything publicly, but in confidence he told me he's getting married.
Between you and me, he was dismissed for bribery.
Between you and me, I'm going to quit my present job soon.
I'll tell you only if you promise to keep it to yourself.
Between you and me, John's idea doesn't appeal to me very much.
I told you that in confidence, so why did you tell Jane about it?
Hey, what's the big secret? Come on; let me in on it.