Illustration: In a Japanese apartment, a child and one parent crouch just inside a bedroom doorway, wrapping a small present while the other parent washes dishes in the adjoining kitchen. The child peeks around the doorframe to check that the intended recipient is still facing away.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

密ひそか

hisoka

secret, surreptitious

Example sentences

彼かれはひそかにあなたの財産ざいさんを狙ねらっていますよ。
He has designs on your property.
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彼かれは密ひそかに庭にわに入はいり込こんだ。
He entered the garden secretly.
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彼女かのじょは密ひそかに彼かれの失敗しっぱいを笑わらった。
She laughed up her sleeve at his failure.
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Kanji in 密

密secrecy; density (pop)OnミツKunひそか

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