密

Meaning

密 centers on things being packed tightly together, whether physically dense, meticulously detailed, or kept close and hidden. Secrecy and carefulness are natural extensions of keeping something tightly contained.

• 秘密ひみつ
  N3

  secret; secrecy; confidentiality; privacy

• 機密きみつ

  secrecy; highly classified information

• 密かひそか
  N1

  secret; private; surreptitious

• 密着みっちゃく

  close adhesion; sticking firmly (to); being glued (to)

• 密度みつど
  N1

  density

• 精密せいみつ
  N1

  precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close

• 密接みっせつ
  N1

  close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near

• 親密しんみつ
  N1

  intimacy; friendship

• 密室みっしつ

  locked room

• 密輸みつゆ
  N1

  smuggling; contraband trade

• 密集みっしゅう
  N1

  crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm

• 緻密ちみつ

  fine (grain, workmanship, etc.); close (weave); delicate; intricate; elaborate

• 綿密めんみつ

  minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough

• 密売みつばい
  N1

  illicit sale; smuggling; bootlegging; trafficking

• 過密かみつ
  N1

  overcrowding; congestion; overpopulation

• 密林みつりん

  close thicket; dense forest; jungle

• 密約みつやく

  secret agreement

• 緊密きんみつ

  rigour; rigor; closeness; compactness; tightly knit

• 密猟みつりょう

  poaching

• 密航みっこう

  stowing away; smuggling oneself; clandestine travel abroad

• 密入国みつにゅうこく
  N1

  smuggling oneself into a country; illegal immigration

• 厳密げんみつ
  N1

  strict; close; precise; scrupulous

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