黙る

Japanese

Kanji in this term
黙
だま
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
默る (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) だま​る [dàmáꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [da̠ma̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "黙る"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
黙る だま​る [dàmáꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 黙れ だま​れ [dàmáꜜrè]
Key constructions
Passive 黙られる だまられ​る [dàmáráréꜜrù]
Causative 黙らせる だまらせ​る [dàmáráséꜜrù]
Potential 黙れる だまれ​る [dàmáréꜜrù]
Volitional 黙ろう だまろ​ー [dàmáróꜜò]
Negative 黙らない だまら​ない [dàmáráꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 黙らなかった だまら​なかった [dàmáráꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 黙ります だまりま​す [dàmárímáꜜsù]
Perfective 黙った だま​った [dàmáꜜttà]
Conjunctive 黙って だま​って [dàmáꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional 黙れば だま​れば [dàmáꜜrèbà]

Verb

黙(だま)る • (damaru) intransitive godan (stem 黙(だま)り (damari), past 黙(だま)った (damatta))

  1. to be silent
    彼(かれ)の前(まえ)では黙(だま)っていた方(ほう)がよい。
    Kare no mae de wa damatte ita hō ga yoi.
    You should be quiet in front of him.
    • 1987 July 20 [Sep 15 1984], Murakami, Motoka, “新(あら)たなる旅(たび)立(だ)ちの巻(まき) [A New Journey]”, in 六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)の剣(けん) [Musashi’s Sword], volume 16 (fiction), 13th edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 95:
      ウソつき!いく時(とき)はおしえてくれるっていったべす。さっき下(げ)宿(しゅく)に電(でん)話(わ)したらもうでかけたって……
      Usotsuki! Iku toki wa oshiete kureru tte itta be su. Sakki geshuku ni denwa shitara mō dekaketa tte……
      Liar! You said you’d tell me when you were gonna leave. Ah called your boardin’ house but they said you were already gone……
      必(ひっ)死(し)に走(はし)ってきたんだぞ!
      Hisshi ni hashitte kita n da zo!
      I ran as fast as I could!
      だまっていっちまうなんて水(みず)くさいよ!あ…あんたとはわらすのころからの剣(けん)友(ゆう)でねか!
      Damatte itchimau nante mizukusai yo! A…anta to wa warasu no koro kara no ken'yū de ne ka!
      You were gonna leave without tellin’ me just like that⁉ W…We’ve been swordmates since we were kids, haven’t we⁉
  2. (黙って-する, damatte - suru) being without permission
    黙(だま)って人(ひと)のものを使(つか)うな。
    Damatte hito no mono o tsukau na.
    Don't use people's things without permission.
  3. to put up with; to bear

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References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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