音読み: ヒ
訓読み: ひめる
画数: 10
部首: 禾（のぎへん）
Meaning
Secret / Conceal / Hide / Confidential
- Basic forms
- 秘める — keep hidden; harbor / base form
- 秘めます — keeps hidden; harbors / masu form
- 秘めた — kept hidden; harbored / ta form
- 秘めて — keeping hidden … / te form
- 秘めない — do not keep hidden / negative
- 秘めれば — if (one) keeps hidden / conditional
- 秘めろ — keep it hidden / imperative
- Common expressions
- 思いを秘める — harbor feelings
- 力を秘める — possess hidden strength
- 可能性を秘める — hold hidden potential
- More
- 秘めたい — want to keep hidden / 〜たい form
- 秘めている — is keeping hidden; harbors / state
秘める（ひめる） is an ichidan transitive verb. It means to keep feelings, abilities, or intentions hidden inside, and is often used for abstract or emotional content.
- 秘密 — secret / confidentiality
- 秘書 — secretary
- 秘伝 — secret tradition / formula
- 神秘 — mystery / mystical
- 極秘 — top secret
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秘 combines 禾 (grain) and 必 (necessary/inevitable), symbolizing something essential yet hidden — like a treasured crop or guarded knowledge. Its kun-yomi ひめる emphasizes the act of keeping something secret or concealed.
彼は 何か秘密を 知っているようだ。
He seems to know some kind of secret.
これは 代々受け継がれてきた 秘伝の技です。
This is a secret technique passed down through generations.
秘密 — secret / confidentiality