緘默

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See also: 缄默

Chinese

letters; to close; seal silent; write from memory
trad. (緘默) 緘 默
simp. (缄默) 缄 默

Pronunciation

Verb

緘默

  1. to be silent; to not speak; to be reticent; to be taciturn; to be untalkative
    保持緘默／保持缄默  ―  bǎochí jiānmò  ―  to keep silent

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
緘 默
かん
Hyōgaiji 		もく
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Noun

緘(かん)默(もく) • (kanmoku) 

  1. Kyūjitai form of 緘黙

Verb

緘(かん)默(もく)する • (kanmoku suru) suru (stem 緘(かん)默(もく)し (kanmoku shi), past 緘(かん)默(もく)した (kanmoku shita))

  1. Kyūjitai form of 緘黙

Conjugation

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

² Spoken imperative

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