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沈黙 (ちんもく): silence, reticence — Japanese vocabulary

沈黙 is read ちんもく and means "silence, reticence". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

沈黙

Reading
ちんもく · chimmoku
Translation
silence, reticence
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
ちんもくが

Example

私の沈黙を承諾の意味に読みとられては困る。

わたしのちんもくをしょうだくのいみによみとられてはこまる。

My silence is not to be read as consent.

Kanji in this word

  • 沈 — sink
  • 黙 — silent, mute

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