秘訣|ひけつhiketsu[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounsecret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
   おいしいジャムを作つくる秘訣ひけつを教おしえてください。↗

   Please tell me the secret to making good jam.

• Related鍵かぎNeutralA physical key, used figuratively for what unlocks a problem, as in 「成功の鍵」; 「秘訣」 stresses an effective knack kept unknown to others.
• RelatedキーNeutralLoanword for a key (also piano or keyboard keys); figuratively a key to a problem, often in compounds like 「キーパーソン」; lacks the sense of a knack.
• RelatedキーポイントNeutralLoanword for a key point or points—one or several are fine; 「秘訣」 centers on a knack unknown to others.
• RelatedヒントNeutralLoanword for a hint or clue that gives people ideas; not necessarily a trick for success.
• Related要訣ようけつWrittenWritten/formal prose for the essentials of doing something, stressing the fundamental method, as in 「上達の要訣」.
• Related要諦ようていWrittenWritten and solemn, denoting the fundamental essence of a matter and stressing its most core truth.

Use 「秘訣」 for an effective knack not known to others, as in 「長生きの秘訣」 or 「成功の秘訣」. For the key to solving a problem say 「鍵」, for a hint 「ヒント」, and in written prose for essentials 「要訣」 or 「要諦」.

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1. 奥の手おくのて。極意ごくい。
2. 他人たにんには知しられていない自分じぶんが得意とくいな方法ほうほう、やり方かた。