- noun, takes する, intransitive silence; being silent; quiet; hush
- reticence; inaction
沈黙
ちんもく
silence
Meanings
しじま
- noun, usually in kana, poetic silence; stillness; quietness
- noun, work of art, literature, music, etc. name Silence (1966 novel by Shūsaku Endō)
Its kanji
In sentences
沈黙は承諾の印。 Silence gives consent. #125726
沈黙は苦手でね。 I don't like silence. #12957103
再び沈黙があった。 There was another silence. #10907934
短い沈黙があった。 There was a short silence. #10907944
それから長い沈黙が続いた。 There followed a long silence. #205915
私は彼女の沈黙は拒絶と解釈した。 I interpreted her silence as a refusal. #153247