黙秘
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 黙 | 秘 |
| もく Grade: S |
ひ Grade: 6 |
| on'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 默祕 (kyūjitai) |
Noun
黙秘 • (mokuhi)
- silence; not speaking; not revealing information
Derived terms
- 黙秘権 (mokuhiken, “the right to silence”)
Verb
黙秘する • (mokuhi suru) transitive suru (stem 黙秘し (mokuhi shi), past 黙秘した (mokuhi shita))
- 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)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 黙秘し | もくひし | mokuhi shi | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 黙秘し | もくひし | mokuhi shi | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 黙秘する | もくひする | mokuhi suru | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 黙秘する | もくひする | mokuhi suru | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 黙秘すれ | もくひすれ | mokuhi sure | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
- Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 [Meikyō Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN