沈 – Kanji details

sink

water drops

to move on

silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction

to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued

to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)

その後あと長ながい沈ちん黙もくが続つづいた。

There followed a prolonged silence.

それから長ながい沈ちん黙もくが続つづいた。

There followed a long silence.

再ふたたび沈ちん黙もくがあった。

There was another silence.

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