"内緒" meaning in Japanese

See 内緒 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [na̠iɕo̞] Forms: 内緒 [canonical] (ruby: 内(ない), 緒(しょ)), naisho [romanization]
Etymology: Sound shift from 内(ない)証(しょう) (naishō, “a secret”). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|内%証|ない%しょう|a secret}} 内(ない)証(しょう) (naishō, “a secret”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ないしょ}} 内(ない)緒(しょ) • (naisho)
  1. a secret
    Sense id: en-内緒-ja-noun-mEylFiIA Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54
  2. secrecy
    Sense id: en-内緒-ja-noun-UkC6xHeG Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 秘密 (himitsu), 内密 (naimitsu), 密か (hisoka) 
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Download raw JSONL data for 内緒 meaning in Japanese (2.1kB)

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}

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