secret

秘密

他の人には知られたくない情報。

やさしい英語で： Information that someone does not want other people to know.

• Can you keep a secret?
• She told me a secret about her family.
• They discovered secrets that had been hidden for years.

使い方： keep something a secret (Please keep our plan a secret.)

類義語： confidential information

よく使う表現： keep a secret, tell a secret, share a secret, family secret

秘訣、こつ

物事がうまくいく理由となる大切な点や方法。

やさしい英語で： The important thing or method that makes something work well or explains its success.

• Patience is the secret to success.
• What's the secret of your delicious soup?
• She shared her secrets for growing healthy tomatoes.

使い方： the secret to something/doing something (Practice is the secret to playing well.); the secret of something (What's the secret of your success?)

類義語： key, trick, knack

よく使う表現： secret of success, secret ingredient, secret to something, the real secret

秘密、内密

何が行われているかを他の人に知られない状態。

やさしい英語で： A state of privacy in which other people do not know what is happening.

• They met in secret.
• We planned the party in secret.
• The two leaders held talks in secret for several months.

使い方： in secret (They arranged the surprise in secret.)

類義語： secrecy, privacy

反対語： openness

よく使う表現： in secret, meet in secret, work in secret

秘密の、隠された

多くの人には隠され、少数の人しか知らない。

やさしい英語で： Hidden from most people or known only to a few.

• This is a secret door.
• They held a secret meeting last night.
• We kept the birthday plans secret from Dad.

使い方： keep something secret (They kept their plans secret.); secret from someone (She kept the news secret from her parents.)

類義語： hidden, confidential, private

反対語： public, open

よく使う表現： secret diary, secret meeting, secret agent, keep something secret