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Keyword
sink
Info
FrequencyTop 700-800
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 4
Heisig2033
Readings
ちん
(55%)
しず
(44%)
Composed of
氵
water drops
冘
to move on
Used in vocabulary (99 in total)
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)
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Examples (88 in total)
There followed a prolonged silence.
There followed a long silence.
There was another silence.
What does his silence imply?
It was his silence that made her angry.
There was a short silence.
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
It is silence that is valuable now.
There is a time to speak and a time to be silent.
It is clear that the ship sank.
The ship went down slowly.
The sky became as dark as if the sun had sunk.
The sun was about to set.
The sun is about to set.
The sun was almost gone.
The sun sets earlier in the winter.
The sun went down behind the mountains.
We felt the ground sinking.
We watched the sun setting behind the mountains.
It got cold after sunset.
Since the sun had set, we all headed home.
The sun has set.
The sun sets in the west.
The moon has set.
I was watching the red sun sinking in the west.
I saw the ship sink in the sea.
You can see the sun setting from the window.
The ship is sinking.
The ship sank to the bottom of the sea.
The boat sank to the bottom.
By the time we reached home, the sun had completely set.
The ship was ready to sink any time.
They came to the conclusion that the ship must have sunk.
Wood floats, but iron sinks.
Everyone was silent as the teacher was announcing the results of the examination.
There was a silence.
There was an awkward silence when he appeared.
I interpreted his silence as consent.
I interpreted her silence as a refusal.
The sun and the moon rise in the east and set in the west.
The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
It grew cold as the sun went down.
The sun had already set when he got home.
The captain was the last person to leave the sinking ship.
By the time the sun sets, we will arrive at the destination.
A ship sank near here yesterday.
The sun having set we stayed there for the night.
The two ships went down at once.
Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.
I felt his silence insulting me.
The boat sank during the storm.
The boat sank in a flash.
The boat sank to the bottom of the lake.
Silence gives consent.
Silence often implies consent.
I interpreted their silence as consent.
Silence often implies resistance.
After a while, the sun set and it became dark.
The eternal silence of these infinite spaces terrifies me.
The sun sets at around five here.
My speech was greeted with cold silence.
The crew had to abandon the sinking ship.
The sun is setting below the horizon.
The sun sank below the horizon and it got dark.
The sun sank below the horizon.
The sun sank slowly below the horizon.
The sun went below the horizon.
We saw the sun sink below the horizon.
We watched the sun sinking below the horizon.
Tom's boat sank.
The sun is sinking below the horizon.
I interpreted your silence as consent.
Speech is silver, silence is gold.
They broke the silence.
The ship Tom's grandfather was on was sunk by a torpedo.
They abandoned the sinking ship.
Silence is golden, but not when trying to learn a foreign language.
The boat began to take in water and soon sank.
Be silent, or say something better than silence.
Her calm words banished our fears.
A cargo vessel, bound for Athens, sank in the Mediterranean without a trace.
In this country, we rise or fall as one nation, as one people.
The ship sank with all her crew on board.
The sun went down, so they quit working.
They sank ten enemy ships.
It was in 1912 that the Titanic sank during her first voyage.
The Titanic sunk on its maiden voyage.
The sun is going down behind the hill.