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(もく)秘(ひ) • (mokuhi) 

  1. silence; not speaking; not revealing information

Derived terms

Verb

黙(もく)秘(ひ)する • (mokuhi suru) transitive suru (stem 黙(もく)秘(ひ)し (mokuhi shi), past 黙(もく)秘(ひ)した (mokuhi shita))

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

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.
  • 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
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