内緒で

secretly

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secretly Used when doing something without telling someone or keeping it hidden from others. Often translates naturally as “without telling [someone].”
JA: 彼に内緒でプレゼントを用意した。
EN: I prepared a present without telling him.

私に内緒でトム夕食に招待した

Did you invite Tom to dinner without telling me?

私は内緒でそれを君に話したのになぜジェーンそれを話したんだ

I told you that in confidence, so why did you tell Jane?

まず役につかない内緒でやれば殺される

First, you have to get the role—if you do it behind their backs, you’ll be killed.

— いまを生きる (1989)

彼女は内緒で私にその話をした

She told me about it in confidence.

私は内緒でそこへ行った

I went there secretly.

内緒で告白するのはやめて

Don’t confess your feelings in secret.

— 甘い生活 (1960)