Vocab Info

N1 Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

沈黙(ちんもく)silence, being silent, quiet, hush, reticence, inaction

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    1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

      1.

      silence, being silent, quiet, hush

    2. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

      2.

      reticence, inaction

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    沈黙 【ちんもく】

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    Examples

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      スパイが沈黙(ちんもく)(まも)っています。

      The spy remains in silence, refusing to speak.

      • N1

      会議(かいぎ)(しつ)での沈黙(ちんもく)(やぶ)ったのは部長(ぶちょう)だった。

      It was the department head who finally broke the silence in the meeting room.

      • N1

      (ふか)(よる)沈黙(ちんもく)(なか)(かんが)(ごと)をすると(くら)気分(きぶん)になります。

      Thinking too much in the silence of the night always puts me in a gloomy mood.

      • N1

      一緒(いっしょ)(あそ)んだ(おとこ)友達(ともだち)からのキスを(こば)んだ(あと)()まずい沈黙(ちんもく)(つづ)いた。

      After I rejected a kiss from my guy friend, an awkward silence lingered between us.

      • N1

      会議(かいぎ)(ちゅう)にみんなが沈黙(ちんもく)して(だれ)(かた)らないとあって、会議(かいぎ)長引(ながび)いています。

      Nobody is speaking in the meeting—just a heavy silence, making it drag on longer than necessary.

      • N1
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