How to say secret in Japanese

JLPTN3
秘密★【ひみつhimitsu】 Inflection

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

  • secret; secrecy; confidentiality; privacy

noun:

  • mystery
  • secret (e.g. to success) ➜ 秘訣
  • esoteric teachings - Buddhism term

Example Sentences

私watashiはha秘密himitsuをwo漏らしmorashiたりtariしshiませmaseんn。
Your secret will be safe with me.
ロバートROBAATO・ハンセン/HANSENがga、旧ソ連kyuusorenにni秘密情報himitsujouhouをwo売りさばいたurisabaita容疑yougiでde逮捕taihoされたsareta。
Robert Hansen was arrested on suspicion of having sold off secret information to the former Soviet Union.
実はjitsuha、大きなookina声koeでde言えませんiemasenがga、ここkoko最近saikinこのkonoビーチBIICHIでde若いwakai女性joseiがga盗撮されたsaretaうわさuwasaがgaあるaruんですndesu。
Actually, and I need to keep this quiet, but recently here there's a rumour that young women on this beach are having photos taken in secret of them.
あa、みんなminnaにはniha内緒naishoだdaよyo？寮ryouをwo夜中yachuuにni抜け出すnukedasuのnoはha厳罰genbatsuだdaからkaraねne？
Oh, that's a secret, OK? Because slipping out of the dorm in the night is severely punished.
友理子yurikoはhaたまのtamano逢瀬ouseをwo心行くまでkokoroyukumade楽しんでtanoshindeしまいましたshimaimashita。
Yuriko thoroughly enjoyed her occasional secret meetings with her lover.

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