Illustration: Outside a community pottery class, a woman stands beside a classmate she clearly likes. Behind her back, she holds a carefully wrapped small gift against her coat, completely concealed from the classmate.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

秘ひめる

himeru

to keep hidden, to keep to oneself

Example sentences

彼女かのじょは悲かなしみを胸むねに秘ひめていた。
She kept her sorrow in her bosom.
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彼かれは秘ひめていた感情かんじょうをあらわにした。
He laid bare his secret feelings.
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彼かれは秘密ひみつを自分じぶんの胸むねに秘ひめていた。
He had kept the secret to himself.
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Kanji in 秘

秘secret; concealOnヒKunひめる・ひそか・かくす

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