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黙 means 'silent'
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On
モク
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On ボク
Kun もだす
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Silence plays a special role in Japanese, where one must often intuit what isn’t said, but that’s just one type of silence. The essay looks at many kinds, such as tacit agreements, unwritten rules, acquiescence, clamming up during quarrels, awed speechlessness, remaining silent after an arrest, silent tributes to the dead, mutism, and viewing a disturbing sight but doing nothing about it.
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 黙 is used 6 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 黙 is used 62 times, read 3 ways (with 1 variation).
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noun, 'suru' verb, 'no' adjective
1. silence; being silent; quiet; hush2. reticence; inaction
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モク
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だまる
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もだす
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