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    3. 人知れず

    人知れず

    人ひと知しれ​ず​

    secretly

    KMT9News #38+1AdverbEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab16 strokes

    ひとしれず

    Adverb

    1.
    secretly, in secret, unseen, unobserved, inwardly, in private

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    彼かれは人ひと知しれず努ど力りょくした。

    He made efforts in secret.

    KMT6Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かの女じょは人ひと知しれず涙なみだを流ながしていた。

    She was shedding tears in secret.

    KMT9Emotions & Psychology
    彼かれの成せい功こうの裏うらには、人ひと知しれず積つみ重かさねた苦く労ろうがあった。

    Behind his success were hardships accumulated in secret.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyWork & Career
    誰だれにも言いわず、人ひと知しれずボランティア活かつ動どうを続つづけている。

    Without telling anyone, I continue my volunteer activities in secret.

    KMT9Daily LifeFamily & Relationships
    人ひと知しれず咲さき誇ほこる野の花ばなのように、彼かれの才さい能のうはひっそりと輝かがやいていた。

    His talent shone quietly, like wildflowers blooming unseen.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyNature & EnvironmentLiterature

    Characters that make up this word

    人
    ひと・-り・-と…(7)
    person
    Kanji
    知
    し.る・し.らせる…(7)
    know・wisdom
    Kanji
    れ
    re
    Kana
    ず
    zu
    Kana
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