沈黙

See also: 沉默 and 沈默

Chinese

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ちん
Grade: S
もく
Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

沈黙 (hiragana ちんもく, rōmaji chinmoku)

  1. silence
    •  (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

沈黙する (hiragana ちんもくする, rōmaji chinmoku suru)

  1. be silent
  2. be reticent

Conjugation

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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