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Keyword
shut up
Info
FrequencyTop 400-500
Type
Jōyō 
?
Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 4
Heisig255
Old form默
Readings
だま
(67%)
もく
(31%)
Composed of
里
home village
犬
dog
灬
fire sparks
Mnemonic

"In our home village we grill our dogs on fire!"

"Shhhhh! Shut up! Don't tell him that!"

...is the conversation that probably took place somewhere in ancient China when people from the West first came to trade.

Used in vocabulary (81 in total)
to be silent; to say nothing
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to say no more; to sink into silence
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Examples (97 in total)
Could you just shut up for a bit?
Would you please be quiet for a minute?
Since he didn't know what to say, he remained silent.
Not knowing what to answer, I kept silent.
You ought to keep quiet when people are talking.
Not knowing what to say, I remained silent.
Not knowing what to say, she remained silent.
Not knowing what to do, I stood there silently.
Not knowing what to say, he remained silent.
I won't be quiet.
When he finished speaking, everyone was silent.
He remained silent for a while.
He remained silent.
He was not allowed to remain silent.
All of them remained silent.
All of us were silent.
Where did you go without telling me?
All I can do is to work silently.
I thought it best to remain silent.
The boy remained silent.
I can no longer remain silent.
Just shut up and come help me.
Just sit there and be quiet.
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.
Keep mum about this plan.
Silence is an admission of guilt.
It is silence that is valuable now.
When he spoke, everyone became silent.
Why is she so silent?
There is a time to speak and a time to be silent.
Why were you silent all the time?
He was silent all the time.
He kept silent during the meeting.
I said shut up!
They required me to keep silent.
She went out of the room in silence and closed the door.
He interpreted my silence as consent.
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.
Not knowing what to do, she remained silent.
He remained silent like a stone.
She suddenly fell silent.
He remained silent, which made her still more angry.
The lady remained silent.
I think it's strange that Alice should keep silent for such a long time.
He was silent for what seemed to me an hour.
He kept silent all the time during the interrogation.
Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.
He kept silent for a while.
I felt insulted when he kept silent.
I felt his silence insulting me.
We cannot stand quiet and watch people starve.
Silence gives consent.
Silence often implies consent.
I interpreted their silence as consent.
We interpret your silence as consent.
Silence often implies resistance.
He kept silent all day.
She remained silent all day.
She kept silent all day.
She was angry. That is why she remained silent.
The eternal silence of these infinite spaces terrifies me.
The teacher told Mary to be quiet.
Be quiet during the lesson.
My speech was greeted with cold silence.
Tom, could you shut up for just ten seconds?
Tom, please just shut up.
Don't tell Tom anything.
Tom couldn't just sit by and watch Mary being bullied.
Tom remained silent.
Tom sat silently for 30 minutes.
Except for Tom, the family was all watching TV in silence.
I interpreted your silence as consent.
Speech is silver, silence is gold.
He sat silently with his legs crossed.
He silently went out of the room.
It's better to remain silent, than to talk without purpose.
Be silent, or speak something worth hearing.
Everyone was silent for a minute.
They broke the silence.
We had an implicit agreement that we would support each other.
Silence is golden, but not when trying to learn a foreign language.
Jane kept silent for a long time.
Be silent, or say something better than silence.
He kept silent all day long.
He remained silent, so that she got still more angry.
I wish to exercise my right to remain silent.
The speaker requested that the audience remain silent.