寡黙 | Japanese meaning

寡黙【かもく】

Frequency rank: 15,885. – 15,937.

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative

Forms

寡黙【かもく】Frequency rank: 15,885. – 15,937.
かもく

Generated definitions (experimental)

untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative

This word is used to describe a person who tends to speak very little or prefers to remain silent in conversations. It can imply a sense of shyness or a deliberate choice to not engage in conversation.

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He is always untalkative and doesn’t talk much about himself.

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She has a quiet personality, so she struggles with conversations with first-time acquaintances.

Generated collocations (experimental)

a quiet persona taciturn personalityto keep silenta quiet momentnot very taciturna reticent frienda uncommunicative attitudeto become quiet at timeshe is taciturnto respect quietness

Wiktionary definitions (experimental)

くちかずのすくない口数の少ないこと．.

Wiktionary

Example sentences

2 results

1. だっ。

He used to be a quiet man.

Tatoeba

2. 。

My father is a man of few words.