黙祷

See also: 默禱 and 默祷

Japanese
FWOTD – 6 August 2020

Etymology
Kanji in this term
黙 祷
もく
Grade: S		 とう
Jinmeiyō
goon
Alternative spellings
默禱 (kyūjitai)
黙とう

/mokutau/ → /mokutɔː/ → /mokutoː/

Attested around the mid-Muromachi period.

From Middle Chinese-derived elements 黙 (moku, “silence”) +‎ 祷 (tō, “praying”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) もくとー [mòkútóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mo̞kɯ̟ᵝto̞ː]

Noun

黙(もく)祷(とう) • (mokutō) ←もくたう (mokutau)?

  1. a silent prayer

Usage notes

This is used as an announcement to begin a public moment of silence such as one in observation of an anniversary of a disaster.

Verb

黙(もく)祷(とう)する • (mokutō suru) intransitive suru (stem 黙(もく)祷(とう)し (mokutō shi), past 黙(もく)祷(とう)した (mokutō shita))

  1. to offer a silent prayer

Conjugation
Conjugation of "黙祷する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 黙祷し もくとうし mokutō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 黙祷し もくとうし mokutō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 黙祷する もくとうする mokutō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 黙祷する もくとうする mokutō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 黙祷すれ もくとうすれ mokutō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 黙祷せよ¹
黙祷しろ²		 もくとうせよ¹
もくとうしろ²		 mokutō seyo¹
mokutō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 黙祷される もくとうされる mokutō sareru
Causative 黙祷させる
黙祷さす		 もくとうさせる
もくとうさす		 mokutō saseru
mokutō sasu
Potential 黙祷できる もくとうできる mokutō dekiru
Volitional 黙祷しよう もくとうしよう mokutō shiyō
Negative 黙祷しない もくとうしない mokutō shinai
Negative continuative 黙祷せず もくとうせず mokutō sezu
Formal 黙祷します もくとうします mokutō shimasu
Perfective 黙祷した もくとうした mokutō shita
Conjunctive 黙祷して もくとうして mokutō shite
Hypothetical conditional 黙祷すれば もくとうすれば mokutō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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