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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

密ひそか

N1
ひそか hisoka
  1. secret
  2. private
  3. surreptitious
な-adjective

Chinese meanings

秘密;暗中

Examples

  • 彼は密かに遊びたいと思っている。
    He has a secret desire to play.
    他暗中想出去玩。
  • 彼女は密かに彼の失敗を笑った。
    She laughed up her sleeve at his failure.
    她偷偷嘲笑他的失败。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('3a891bf639'); // 密か
{
  "id": "3a891bf639",
  "word": "密か",
  "reading": "ひそか",
  "romaji": "hisoka",
  "meanings": [
    "secret",
    "private",
    "surreptitious"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "adj-na"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1612520,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼は密かに遊びたいと思っている。",
      "en": "He has a secret desire to play.",
      "tatoeba_id": 99747
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼女は密かに彼の失敗を笑った。",
      "en": "She laughed up her sleeve at his failure.",
      "tatoeba_id": 86595
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "87441b7b754dc770f6181b81c3558ab8a5bdbde0dbba02f0e404e8dfb89617b4",
    "meanings": [
      "秘密",
      "暗中"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼は密かに遊びたいと思っている。",
        "zh": "他暗中想出去玩。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼女は密かに彼の失敗を笑った。",
        "zh": "她偷偷嘲笑他的失败。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/3a891bf639",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1612520; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "c120a2b538ec48dec7abe6c70bb3735cfcb8d7cd4539ea3878acbcadb2f6a99d"
  }
}