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Meaning of 沈黙 in Japanese
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沈黙JLPT 1
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Kana Readingちんもく
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Romajichinmoku
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru, nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
- Meaning
- silence; hush
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- reticence; inaction
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Examples of 沈黙, ちんもく in a sentence
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さて、犯人は、告白するか否かが、沈黙するＭＬ参加者たちの焦眉の関心事となる。
Well then, it becomes a matter of urgent concern to the lurkers of this mailing list whether the guilty party confesses or not.
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Speech is silver, silence is gold.
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Speech is silver, silence is golden.
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It was his silence which made her angry.
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She need not have kept silent.
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They kept silence.
Related Kanji
黙
JLPT 1
15 strokes
silence, become silent, stop speaking, leave as is
On'Yomi: モク, ボク
Kun'Yomi: だま.る, もだ.す
沈
JLPT 2
7 strokes
sink, be submerged, subside, be depressed, aloes
On'Yomi: チン, ジン
Kun'Yomi: しず.む, しず.める