Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 の 秘ひ 書しょ になる to become someone's secretary
She became the president's secretary.
秘ひ 書しょ を 務つと める to serve as a secretary
He served as the minister's secretary for ten years.
秘ひ 書しょ として 働はたら く to work as a secretary
She works as a secretary at a law firm.
秘ひ 書しょ を 通つう じて 〈 事こと 〉 を 伝つた える to relay something through one's secretary
The president relayed the schedule change through his secretary.
Related words· 6 秘書 specifically means a personal secretary who manages schedules and correspondence for an executive, while 助手 is a broader term for any kind of assistant, including research or lab assistants.
側近 refers to a close aide or confidant of a powerful person and can include advisors, while 秘書 specifically denotes someone handling administrative and clerical duties.
秘書 usually means a personal or executive secretary who assists a specific boss, while 書記 refers to a clerical or record-keeping secretary of a group, committee, or organization.
秘書 is a general term for a secretary or personal assistant, while 参事 denotes a more senior advisory or councillor role within an organization.
Show 2 more Show fewer 秘書 is a personal or corporate assistant, while 書記官 specifically refers to a government or diplomatic official handling records and correspondence.
秘書 is a civilian secretary who assists an executive, whereas 副官 is the military equivalent attending a commanding officer.
Don't confuse with· 5 秘書 (secretary) and 避暑 (escaping summer heat, going to a cool resort) are pronounced identically but are completely unrelated in meaning.
秘書 (secretary) and 秘所 (a hidden place, or euphemistically private parts) share the same pronunciation but refer to very different things.
秘書 (secretary) and 司書 (librarian) sound similar and both describe support-role jobs, but 司書 specifically manages a library's books and collections.
Show 2 more Show fewer 秘書 is a personal secretary who assists a specific executive, while 事務員 does general clerical work without necessarily serving one person.
秘書 refers specifically to a personal secretary who manages an executive's schedule and correspondence, whereas アシスタント is a broader term for anyone helping with tasks in various fields.
Word family· 10 private secretary
secretarial office; secretary's office; secretariat
secretarial course
secretarial section; secretary's office
general secretary (Workers' Party of Korea or Communist Party of Vietnam)
Show 5 more Show fewer Etymology From 秘 (secret) + 書 (writing/document). The 'secretary' sense developed from the idea of handling confidential documents.
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