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秘密めいた
【 ひみつめいた 】
1. [adj-f]
▶ secretive
▶ mysterious
▶ furtive
▶ stealthy
▶ clandestine
▶ sneaky
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1012440 めく 1. to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...



History:
2. A 2021-03-22 00:55:58  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
GG5: 秘密めいた secretive; furtive; stealthy; clandestine; 《口》 shifty; sneaky.
秘密めいた	11940
秘密めく	145
  Comments: 
Probably worth having.
  Diff: 
@@ -11,2 +11,8 @@
-<pos>&n;</pos>
-<gloss>secret-ish, mysterious</gloss>
+<pos>&adj-f;</pos>
+<xref type="see" seq="1012440">めく</xref>
+<gloss>secretive</gloss>
+<gloss>mysterious</gloss>
+<gloss>furtive</gloss>
+<gloss>stealthy</gloss>
+<gloss>clandestine</gloss>
+<gloss>sneaky</gloss>
1. A* 2021-03-21 20:38:21  mark dufour <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
https://www.reddit.com/r/translator/comments/c0gv8k/japanese_english_im_reading_hanzawa_naoki_what/
  Comments: 
I guess one can infer the meaning from めく, but similar to 謎めいた, it seems like it's worth it to include as a common pattern. couldn't find a good dictionary entry though.

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