Kanji: 密 Secrecy; density

JLPT N1 | 11 Strokes

Kanji Parts: 

• 宀 roof; house
• 必 inevitably; certainly; definiteness
• 山 mountain

Etymology: 

I think of the scene in Lord of the Rings where the Council meets at Elrond's house 宀 and Frodo realizes it is inevitable 必 he must go to the mountain 山, Mount Doom.

It is a secret mission, one dense with minute details and danger.

Stroke Order:

Examples:

• 密閉(みっぺい) closed spaces
• 密集(みっしゅう) crowded areas
• 密接(みっせつ) close-contact settings

プーさんにとって、蜂蜜はちみつのありかは最高機密さいこうきみつだった。

pu-san ni totte, hachimitsu no arika wa saikou kimitsu datta.
As far as Pooh was concerned, the whereabouts of the honey was top secret.

Learn more about this example

• プーさん - Winnie the Pooh [the full Japanese name is くまのプーさん kuma no pu-san]
• にとって - as far as... was concerned; concerning..., for
• 蜂蜜 - honey
• ありか - the place, whereabouts
• 最高機密 - top secret