秘める|ひめるhimeru[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. ichidan verb, transitive verbto hide; to keep to oneself
   彼女かのじょはその秘密ひみつを自分じぶんの胸むねひとつに秘ひめておいた。↗

   She kept the secret to herself.

• Synonym隠すかくすNeutralThe most common word for hiding or concealing; its object can be concrete or abstract, while 「秘める」 is for feelings kept in the heart or potential held within.
• Synonym秘するひするWrittenA literary verb for keeping something secret and not making it known, as in 「名を秘する」; written style — in everyday speech say 「秘密にする」.
• Related隠匿いんとくWrittenWritten/formal: hiding valuables or sheltering people, mostly in legal and news contexts and often with a criminal tinge — a nuance 「秘める」 lacks.
• Related秘匿ひとくWrittenFormal: keeping information or data secret, as in 「秘匿情報」; 「秘める」 is said of feelings or potential instead.
• Related押し隠すおしかくすNeutralFor forcibly pressing down emotions or the truth so they don't show, as in 「動揺を押し隠す」; it stresses effortful restraint more than 「秘める」.
• Related包み隠すつつみかくすNeutralTo conceal or cover up the truth; often negated as 「包み隠さず話す」 (tell all without hiding). 「秘める」 centers on keeping things in one's heart.
• Related潜めるひそめるNeutralTo hide something, and also to lower one's voice or hold one's breath, as in 「息を潜める」「声を潜める」; the point is not being noticed.
• RelatedかくまうNeutralTo take in and shelter someone being pursued or persecuted; its object is a person, whereas 「秘める」 hides feelings or inner qualities.
• Related覆い隠すおおいかくすNeutralTo cover something over so it can't be seen, also to cover up facts; the image is covering from outside, while 「秘める」 is keeping things inside.
• RelatedくらますNeutralTo vanish from sight, as in 「姿を晦ます」, or to deceive people; its object is usually one's own figure or whereabouts, unlike 「秘める」.
• Related忍ばせるしのばせるNeutralTo quietly tuck something on one's person or somewhere, as in 「懐に忍ばせる」; the object is usually a concrete item, while 「秘める」 is mostly feelings.
• Antonym表すあらわすNeutralAntonym: to express or reveal what one thinks and feels, the opposite of 「秘める」, which keeps things hidden in the heart.
• AntonymあらわにするNeutralAntonym: to lay bare or expose what was hidden, as in 「感情を露にする」 — the opposite of 「秘める」's deep, silent concealment.

Use 「秘める」 for feelings kept deep in the heart or potential held within, as in 「可能性を秘める」. For ordinary hiding go with 「隠す」; for forcibly suppressing emotions or the truth, 「押し隠す」. The antonym is 「表す」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 隠かくして人ひとに知しられないようにする。
2. 内部ないぶに備え持そなえもつ。