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JLPT N1no-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

暗あん黙もく

anmoku

unspoken, implicit

Example sentences

  1. 我々われわれには互たがいに支持しじしあおうという暗黙あんもくの了解りょうかいがあった。

    We had an implicit agreement that we would support each other.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. ただし、走行跡そうこうあとは自転車一台分じてんしゃいちだいぶんの幅はばしかないため、対向車たいこうしゃが来きた場合ばあいは譲ゆずり合あうのが暗黙あんもくのルールである。

    However, since these ruts are only for one bicycle, there is an unspoken rule of giving the right of way to each other when a bicycle comes from the opposite direction.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 彼かれが僕ぼくに辞任じにんして欲ほしいと思おもっているのを、僕ぼくは暗黙あんもくのうちに理解りかいした。

    I could read between the lines that he wanted me to resign.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 暗黙

  • 暗darkness; disappearOnアンKunくらい・くらむ・くれる
  • 黙silence; become silentOnモク・ボクKunだまる・もだす

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