Japanese symbol for “covertly”
暗々裏
あんあんり
Romaji: an'anri
secretly; covertly; tacitly
In Japanese, covertly is 暗々裏, read あんあんり (an'anri).
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Meanings
- adj-no, n secretly; covertly; tacitly
Written forms: 暗々裏、暗々裡、暗暗裏、暗暗裡. Readings: あんあんり.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “covertly”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 暗々のうちに | あんあんのうちに an'annouchini | secretly; covertly; tacitly |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 暗殺 | あんさつ ansatsu | assassination |
| 真っ暗 | まっくら makkura | pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark |
| 暗号 | あんごう angou | code; password; cipher |
| 暗い | くらい kurai | dark; gloomy; murky |
| 暗黙 | あんもく anmoku | tacit; unspoken; implicit |
| 暗黒 | あんこく ankoku | darkness |
| 裏切る | うらぎる uragiru | to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross |
| 裏返し | うらがえし uragaeshi | inside out; upside down |
See also: Chinese symbol for “covertly”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.