Lingaku黙る【だまる】
Frequency rank: 868.
- to be silent; to say nothing
Godan verb with 'ru' ending; intransitive verb
Forms
- 黙る【だまる】Frequency rank: 868.
- だまるFrequency rank: 26,098. – 26,294.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to be silent; to say nothing
This meaning is used when someone chooses not to speak or refrain from commenting, often in the context of avoiding a confrontation or maintaining peace.
Generated collocations (experimental)
だまっている黙っているto be silentとつぜん突然だまる黙るto suddenly become silentだまる黙ることができないunable to be silentしずかに静かにだまる黙るto quietly be silentそのばその場でだまる黙るto fall silent in that momentだまりこむ黙り込むto lapse into silenceだまる黙るのをがまん我慢するto hold back from speakingだまる黙ることをえらぶ選ぶto choose to remain silentいっしゅん一瞬だまる黙るto be silent for a momentだまる黙るというせんたく選択the choice to be silent
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The Government seems intent upon silencing an organization which has done so much to raise awareness of the human rights situation in Sudan.
You can save your breath. There is no use talking to him.
More have repented speech than silence.