Moto 沈黙 (ちんもく)silence; being silent; quiet
- silence; being silent; quietnoun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
- reticence; inactionnoun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
Kanji in 沈黙
- 沈Sink; Be Submerged; SubsideRead with its on'yomi here · JLPT N2
- 黙Silence; Become Silent; Stop SpeakingRead with its on'yomi here · JLPT N1
Words that share its kanji
- 沈下ちんかsinking; subsidence
- 沈没ちんぼつsinking; foundering
- 沈着ちんちゃくsettling or depositing (at the bottom of something); deposition
- 浮沈ふちんfloating and sinking; rise and fall
- 意気消沈いきしょうちんdepressed in spirits; dispirited
- 撃沈げきちんsending a ship to the bottom; sinking (a ship)
- 沈むしずむto sink; to go under
- 沈めるしずめるto sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge
- 黙るだまるto be silent; to say nothing
- 暗黙あんもくtacit; unspoken
- 黙とうもくとうsilent prayer
- 寡黙かもくuntalkative; quiet
- 押し黙るおしだまるto keep silent
- 黙殺もくさつignoring; disregarding
- 黙示もくしrevelation; apocalypse
- 黙秘もくひremaining silent; keeping secret
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