沈黙

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See also: 沉默 and 沈默

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 沈黙 – see 沉默 (“to be silent; to not speak; to be reticent; to be taciturn; to be untalkative”).
(This term is a variant form of 沉默).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
沈 黙
ちん
Grade: S 		もく
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
沈默 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

沈(ちん)黙(もく) • (chinmoku) 

  1. silence
    羊(ひつじ)たちの沈黙(ちんもく)
    hitsuji tachi no chinmoku
    The Silence of the Lambs
  2. reticence

Idioms

Verb

沈(ちん)黙(もく)する • (chinmoku suru) suru (stem 沈(ちん)黙(もく)し (chinmoku shi), past 沈(ちん)黙(もく)した (chinmoku shita))

  1. be silent
  2. be reticent

Conjugation

Conjugation of "沈黙する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 沈黙し ちんもくし chinmoku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 沈黙し ちんもくし chinmoku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 沈黙する ちんもくする chinmoku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 沈黙する ちんもくする chinmoku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 沈黙すれ ちんもくすれ chinmoku sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 沈黙せよ¹
沈黙しろ² 		ちんもくせよ¹
ちんもくしろ² 		chinmoku seyo¹
chinmoku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 沈黙される ちんもくされる chinmoku sareru
Causative 沈黙させる
沈黙さす 		ちんもくさせる
ちんもくさす 		chinmoku saseru
chinmoku sasu
Potential 沈黙できる ちんもくできる chinmoku dekiru
Volitional 沈黙しよう ちんもくしよう chinmoku shiyō
Negative 沈黙しない ちんもくしない chinmoku shinai
Negative continuative 沈黙せず ちんもくせず chinmoku sezu
Formal 沈黙します ちんもくします chinmoku shimasu
Perfective 沈黙した ちんもくした chinmoku shita
Conjunctive 沈黙して ちんもくして chinmoku shite
Hypothetical conditional 沈黙すれば ちんもくすれば chinmoku sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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