Lingaku密か【ひそか】
Frequency rank: 4,741. – 4,745.
- secret; private; surreptitious
adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
- 密か【ひそか】Frequency rank: 4,741. – 4,745.
- 秘か【ひそか】Frequency rank: 41,672. – 42,320.
- 窃か【ひそか】
- 私か【ひそか】
- ひそかFrequency rank: 21,528. – 21,645.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- secret
- private
- surreptitious
This meaning refers to something that is not meant to be known by others or is kept hidden from public knowledge. It can apply to actions, emotions, or plans that are covert in nature.
We discussed the secret project in private.
This meaning emphasizes a personal aspect or something intended to be kept within a limited circle or to oneself. It is often associated with personal life or information that is not shared publicly.
This meaning pertains to actions that are done secretly, often because they are unethical or not approved. It implies a level of deceit or stealth.
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Example sentences
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Spenser would not tell anyone his surreptitious plan to get back at his friends for pranking him.
The human heart has hidden treasures, in secret kept, in silence sealed.
The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth and have it found out by accident.
Isn't it natural for a young man with a hard to shake reservedness about himself to think that he is secretly the chosen one?
Tom didn't know that he had a secret admirer.
14. やはん夜半、つき月のひかり光がいちかわ一川のあし蘆とやなぎ柳とにあふれた溢れたとき時、かわ川のみず水とびふう微風とはしずか静にささやき囁きかわし交しながら、はし橋のした下のおぶ尾生のしがい死骸を、やさしくうみ海のほう方へはこんで運んでいった行った。が、おぶ尾生のたましい魂は、さびしい寂しいてんしん天心のつき月のひかり光に、おもい思いあこがれた憧れたせいかもしれない知れない。ひそかにしがい死骸をぬけだす抜け出すと、ほのかにあかるんだ明るんだそら空のむこう向うへ、まるでみず水のにおい匂やも藻のにおい匂がおと音もなくかわ川からたちのぼる立ち昇るように、うらうらとたかく高くのぼってしまった昇ってしまった。
Stop joking around! We waven't just met here by mere coincidence. You've been following me in secret all this time because you suspected me.