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しばらく
むおん
無音
の
ふりこ
振子
のような
ちんもく
沈黙
がつづいた。
For a while there was a silence like a soundless pendulum.
Source: 世界の終りとハードボイルド・ワンダーランド（村上 春樹）
Grammar and points of interest
のような のような
 
turns a noun into an adjective
しばらく無音の振子のような沈黙がつづいた。
Conjugations and inflections
  つづいた is the past form of 'ku' godan verb つづく   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
し ば ら く 2
1. little while; short while; moment; instant  (often written with kana only)
2. a while; quite a time  (often written with kana only)
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む お ん 0
noun
soundless
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ふ り こ 0
Most common form: 振り子
noun
pendulum
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like; similar to  (see also: 様だ, ように; often written with kana only)
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ち ん も く 0
1. silence; being silent; quiet; hush
2. reticence; inaction
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つ づ く 0
Most common form: 続く
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to continue; to last; to go on
2. to continue (without a break); to be unbroken
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Kanji
無
ム   ブ   ない not   
音
オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
立
リツ   リュウ   たつ to stand   たてる to build   
振
シン   ふる    ふれる to wield, swing, wave   ふるう to wield, swing; prosper   
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辰
シン   たつ dragon; 7-9 am   
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二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
厂
cliff
扌
hand
子
シ   ス   こ child   
沈
チン   しずむ to sink   しずめる to make sink   
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冘
lame   
氵
スイ   みず water   
黙
モク   silent   だまる to remain silent   
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里
リ   さと village   
犬
ケン   いぬ dog   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丶
dot   
灬
fire
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