沈ちん黙もく
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する, intransitive)
1. silence; being silent; quiet; hush
There was another long silence.
2. reticence; inaction
Kanji used
sink
shut up
Pitch accent
ち
んもく
Top 1900
Used in vocabulary (7 in total)
to break the silence; to break one's silence
Silent Spring (book by Rachel Carson, 1962)
Examples (57 in total)
The people fell silent.
There was another silence.
The other party was silent for a while.
The silence said it all.
There was a short silence.
An awkward silence fell.
The system had been silent for a while.
There was a silence.
It was an endless silence.
Silence was maintained inside the vehicle.
An oppressive silence fell.
What does his silence imply?
There followed a long silence.
It was his silence that made her angry.
After a brief silence, my father answered.
There followed a prolonged silence.
It is silence that is valuable now.
A gentle silence filled the space.
Everyone, including me, fell silent.
Music fills the silence.
And there was a silence of a few seconds.
Silence often implies resistance.
For a while, a heavy silence continued.
And before I knew it, silence had taken over the surroundings.
After a brief silence, he speaks.
There was an awkward silence when he appeared.
I interpreted his silence as consent.
Overwhelmed by the intensity, the venue falls silent for a moment.
But the silence is so frightening that I feel like I'm about to flinch.
When words stop, the silence feels heavy.
For a brief moment, silence filled the room.
I felt his silence insulting me.
Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.
My speech was greeted with cold silence.
As a result, the two of us were forced into silence.
I interpreted your silence as consent.
Maria cast a glance, but the response was silence.
And this time, complete darkness and silence truly descended.
There is a time to speak and a time to be silent.
A quiet silence hangs in the air until the tea is served.
I, who had maintained silence all along, spoke for the first time.
Silence falls, and tension runs between the two.
We may take this silence to mean affirmation.
A period of silence passes while they face each other.
He sank his body deep into the chair and fell silent.
I interpreted their silence as consent.
Silence fell again, and the surroundings were enveloped in stillness.
The words the boy uttered next silenced her completely.
Everyone was silent as the teacher was announcing the results of the examination.
I kicked off the shoes I had been wearing, remaining silent.
In response to that question, the beautiful woman cast down her eyes and remained silent for a while.
After a few seconds of silence, everyone started making a loud commotion at the same time.
Since the silence was becoming heavy, I put on a new tape.
After a long, long silence, he meekly offered words of apology.
The eternal silence of these infinite spaces terrifies me.
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Silence is golden, but not when trying to learn a foreign language.