黙る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
だま
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
默る (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「黙る
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
黙る
Imperative (命令形) 黙れ
Key constructions
Passive 黙られる まられ
Causative 黙らせる まらせ
Potential 黙れる まれ
Volitional 黙ろう まろ
Negative 黙らない まらない
Negative perfective 黙らなかった まらなかった
Formal 黙ります まりま
Perfective 黙った った
Conjunctive 黙って って
Hypothetical conditional 黙れば れば

Verb

(だま) (damaruintransitive godan (stem (だま) (damari), past (だま)った (damatta))

  1. to be silent
    (かれ)(まえ)では(だま)っていた(ほう)がよい。
    Kare no mae de wa damatte ita hō ga yoi.
    You should be quiet in front of him.
    • 1987 July 20 [1984 September 15], Motoka Murakami, “(あら)たなる(たび)()ちの(まき) [A New Journey]”, in ()()()(けん) [Musashi’s Sword], 13th edition, volume 16 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 95:
      ウソつき!いく(とき)はおしえてくれるっていったべす。さっき()宿(しゅく)(でん)()したらもうでかけたって……
      Usotsuki! Iku toki wa oshiete kureru tte itta be su. Sakki geshuku ni denwa shitara mō dekaketa tte……
      Liar! You said you’d tell me when you were gonna leave. Ah called your boardin’ house but they said you were already gone……
      (ひっ)()(はし)ってきたんだぞ!
      Hisshi ni hashitte kita n da zo!
      I ran as fast as I could!
      だまっていっちまうなんて(みず)くさいよ!あ…あんたとはわらすのころからの(けん)(ゆう)でねか!
      Damatte itchimau nante mizukusai yo! A…anta to wa warasu no koro kara no ken'yū de ne ka!
      You were gonna leave without tellin’ me just like that⁉ W…We’ve been swordmates since we were kids, haven’t we⁉
  2. (黙って-する, damatte - suru) being without permission
    (だま)って(ひと)のものを使(つか)うな。
    Damatte hito no mono o tsukau na.
    Don't use people's things without permission.
  3. to put up with; to bear

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN