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内緒 (ないしょ): secrecy, privacy, secret — Japanese vocabulary

内緒 is read ないしょ and means "secrecy, privacy, secret". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

内緒

Reading
ないしょ · naisho
Translation
secrecy, privacy, secret
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
ないしょがないしょが

Example

内緒ですが、あの人は少し馬鹿です。

ないしょですが、あのひとはすこしばかです。

Between us, he is a little foolish.

Kanji in this word

  • 内 — inside
  • 緒 — Thong, Beginning, Inception

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