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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

機き密みつ

kimitsu

classified information, secrecy

Example sentences

  1. あそこの会社かいしゃから技術情報ぎじゅつじょうほうをもらうには、まず機密きみつ保持契約ほじけいやくを結むすばなければいけない。

    To get technical information from that company, we first have to sign a non-disclosure agreement.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 平城上皇側へいぜいじょうこうがわに機密きみつがもれないようにすることも目的もくてきであった。

    Such appointments were conducted also for the purpose of preventing secrets from being leaked to the side of the Retired Emperor Heizei.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. この事件じけんで徳川軍とくがわぐんの機密きみつが筒抜つつぬけになったことから、軍制ぐんせいを武田軍たけだぐんを見習みならったものに改革かいかくしていった。

    Because military secrets of Tokugawa’s forces leaked out completely, he changed his military system into the one he had learned from Takeda’s forces.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 機密

  • 機loom; mechanismOnキKunはた
  • 密secrecy; density (pop)OnミツKunひそか

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