- onmitsu secret, clandestine, covert, stealthy; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.), secret agent
Learners encounter this in historical fiction or formal writing for secret agents or stealth; rarely used in daily conversation.
隠密が城に忍び込んだ。
Onmitsu ga shiro ni shinobikonda.
A spy sneaked into the castle.
彼は隠密の任務を帯びていた。
Kare wa onmitsu no ninmu o obite ita.
He was on a secret mission.
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