Keyword
shut up
Info
FrequencyTop 400-500
Type
Jōyō 
?
Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 4
Heisig255
Old form
Readings
だま
(67%)
もく
(31%)
Composed of
home village
dog
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
silent; mute; dumb
to keep silent
connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence
to break the silence; to break one's silence
to say no more; to sink into silence
to keep silent
untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative
tacit understanding; unspoken agreement
to stop talking; to be silent
tacit; unspoken; implicit
remaining silent; keeping secret
ignoring; disregarding; taking no notice of; refusing to comment on; turning a deaf ear to
silence; stillness; quietness
contemplation; meditation
silently; in silence
Revelation (book of the Bible); the Apocalypse
silent prayer
intimidating enough to quieten a crying child
right to keep silent; right to silence; right to remain silent
a real man would (shut up and) ...
being lost in deep thought
reading silently
silent prayer
silent prayer
meditation; silent contemplation
view without saying a word; tacit permission
implicit agreement; tacit understanding
to keep silent
revelation; apocalypse
tacit permission; tacit consent; connivance
silent contemplation
keeping silent
tacit approval
the Revelation of St. John the Divine (book of the Bible)
silence; keeping silent; giving no notice; giving no warning; wordless pantomime performed in the dark (in kabuki)
keeping quiet; taking no measures
to keep silent
tacit agreement; default
tacit knowledge (knowledge management terminology)
silent; mute; dumb
acquiescence; passive obedience
sit silently
tacit consent
apocalyptic literature
eating in quiet; eating without talking
a real man would (shut up and) ...
unable to decline; hard to refuse
right to keep silent; right to silence; right to remain silent
being in tenpai but not calling riichi
silent rumination; quiet thought
considering (a matter) carefully and silently; being lost in silent contemplation
implied; implicit
quietly and assiduously
quietly and assiduously
implicit scope terminator
implicit link (process definition)
silent person; taciturn person
silent trade; dumb barter; depot trade
silent letter
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.