Illustration: Five adult relatives sit around a low dining table immediately after someone has knocked the last pudding onto the floor. Every mouth is closed. Chopsticks and teacups remain suspended halfway through ordinary movements, and the relatives exchange awkward sideways looks without speaking.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

沈ちん黙もく

chinmoku

silence

Example sentences

  1. 沈黙ちんもくは苦手にがてでね。

    I don’t like silence.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 短みじかい沈黙ちんもくがあった。

    There was a short silence.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼かれが現あらわれると気きまずい沈黙ちんもくが広ひろがった。

    There was an awkward silence when he appeared.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 沈黙

  • 沈sink; be submergedOnチン・ジンKunしずむ・しずめる
  • 黙silence; become silentOnモク・ボクKunだまる・もだす

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