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黙る is an exact match with one form of the following word:
黙る
BOOST
Reading : だまる   
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to be silent
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 3 (among the 3,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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黙る is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 60% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 110,000 (about 1,410,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 3522 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 15241
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 9 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
かれ
はな
わる
みな
だま
っていた

When he finished speaking, everyone was silent.
おとこ
だま
って
サッポロビール
A man (should drink) Sapporo Beer without saying a word.
かれ
はな
みな
だま
った

He spoke, and all were silent.
だまる
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 122,000 (about 1,010,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 9 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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だァまる
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The ァ indicates a slight lengthening of the first mora だ. It invokes a childlike, singsong quality used in poetry.
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• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 217,000 (about 136,000 results)
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モク   silent   だま to remain silent   
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リ   さと village   
ケン   いぬ dog   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
dot   
fire
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