黙秘

Japanese

Kanji in this term
もく
Grade: S

Grade: 6
on’yomi

Noun

黙秘 (hiragana もくひ, rōmaji mokuhi)

  1. silence; not speaking; not revealing information

Compounds

Verb

黙秘する (transitive, hiragana もくひする, rōmaji mokuhi suru)

  1. remain silent, refuse to speak in response to questions
    被告 (ひこく)黙秘 (もくひ)した。
    Hikoku wa mokuhi shita.
    The defendant remained silent.

Conjugation

See also

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  • 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
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