こっそり
N2 kossori
- stealthily
- secretly
adverbadverb (〜と)
Chinese meanings
偷偷地
Examples
- 彼はそのことを私にこっそり話してくれた。He told me about it in private.他偷偷把那件事告诉了我。
- 私は彼にこっそり手紙をわたした。I slipped the letter to him.我偷偷把信交给了他。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('9bc707785c'); // こっそり
{
"id": "9bc707785c",
"word": "こっそり",
"reading": "こっそり",
"romaji": "kossori",
"meanings": [
"stealthily",
"secretly"
],
"level": "N2",
"pos": [
"adv",
"adv-to"
],
"jmdict_id": 1004520,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼はそのことを私にこっそり話してくれた。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}はそのことを{私|わたし}にこっそり{話|はな}してくれた。",
"en": "He told me about it in private.",
"tatoeba_id": 113186
},
{
"ja": "私は彼にこっそり手紙をわたした。",
"furigana": "{私|わたし}は{彼|かれ}にこっそり{手紙|てがみ}をわたした。",
"en": "I slipped the letter to him.",
"tatoeba_id": 154262
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "f366ed492db820c2bfc224f94ad26c1c389a6e65536d85218b2bb309dd4781e1",
"meanings": [
"偷偷地"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼はそのことを私にこっそり話してくれた。",
"zh": "他偷偷把那件事告诉了我。"
},
{
"ja": "私は彼にこっそり手紙をわたした。",
"zh": "我偷偷把信交给了他。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n2/9bc707785c",
"JMdict ent_seq 1004520; local JMdict_e.gz",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "be448934ac2d3749d1aa4f00af7a4068fb6c13b2fc765b54c596e8a44b4aff51"
}
}