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黙秘
黙秘
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 黙 | 秘 |
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もく Grade: S |
ひ Grade: 6 |
| on'yomi | |
Noun
黙秘 (hiragana もくひ, romaji mokuhi)
- silence; not speaking; not revealing information
Compounds
- 黙秘権 (mokuhiken, “the right to silence”)
Verb
黙秘する (transitive, hiragana もくひする, romaji mokuhi suru)
- remain silent, refuse to speak in response to questions
- 被告は黙秘した。
- Hikoku wa mokuhi shita.
- The defendant remained silent.
- 被告は黙秘した。
Conjugation
Conjugation of "黙秘する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 黙秘し | もくひし | mokuhi shi | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 黙秘し | もくひし | mokuhi shi | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 黙秘する | もくひする | mokuhi suru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 黙秘する | もくひする | mokuhi suru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 黙秘すれ | もくひすれ | mokuhi sure | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 黙秘せよ¹ 黙秘しろ² |
もくひせよ¹ もくひしろ² |
mokuhi seyo¹ mokuhi shiro² |
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| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 黙秘される | もくひされる | mokuhi sareru | |
| Causative | 黙秘させる 黙秘さす |
もくひさせる もくひさす |
mokuhi saseru mokuhi sasu |
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| Potential | 黙秘できる | もくひできる | mokuhi dekiru | |
| Volitional | 黙秘しよう | もくひしよう | mokuhi shiyō | |
| Negative | 黙秘しない | もくひしない | mokuhi shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 黙秘せず | もくひせず | mokuhi sezu | |
| Formal | 黙秘します | もくひします | mokuhi shimasu | |
| Perfective | 黙秘した | もくひした | mokuhi shita | |
| Conjunctive | 黙秘して | もくひして | mokuhi shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 黙秘すれば | もくひすれば | mokuhi sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
See also
- 静けさ (shizukesa)
- 静寂 (seijaku)
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.
- 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, ISBN 4469021067