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JLPT N1 Vocabulary

秘書ひしょ (hisho)

(private) secretary

  • JLPT N1
  • noun
  • Pitch 1
  • #5375 most frequent
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Meaning

秘書 (ひしょ, hisho) is a JLPT N1 noun meaning “(private) secretary”.

Kanji in this word

秘 secret 書 write

Example sentences 12

私わたしの 秘書ひしょはとても 優秀ゆうしゅうです。

My secretary is quite exceptional.

彼女は頭脳明晰にして端麗な秘書である。

She is a bright and also beautiful secretary.

あのうるさい社長が信頼するだけあって、彼の秘書は実に有能だ。

As you can guess from the way that president, who is so critical, relies on his secretary, she is truly capable. (ii) That president, who is so critical, relies on his secretary for good reason: She is truly capable.

二週間前に出したはずの手紙がまだ 先方せんぽうに 着ついていない。私の 秘書ひしょが出し忘れたか、または郵便局が間違えたのだろう。

A letter that I assumed was mailed two weeks ago has not reached the addressee yet. It is probably that my secretary forgot to mail it or that the post office made a mistake.