暗あん黙もく

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Meanings

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noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

tacit; unspoken; implicit

Refers to something understood without being stated openly, such as an agreement, rule, or understanding.

彼かれらの間あいだには暗あん黙もくの了りょう解かいがあった。
There was a tacit understanding between them.
暗あん黙もくのルールを破やぶってはいけない。
You must not break the unspoken rules.

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Usage patterns

暗あん黙もくの〈事こと〉an unspoken (rule, agreement, etc.)
この会かい社しゃには暗あん黙もくのルールがいくつかある。
This company has several unspoken rules.
暗あん黙もくの合ごう意いa tacit agreement reached without words
二人ふたりの間あいだには暗あん黙もくの合ごう意いがあった。
There was a tacit agreement between the two of them.
暗あん黙もくに〈動どう詞し〉to do something implicitly, without it being stated
彼かれの意い見けんは暗あん黙もくに受うけ入いれられた。
His opinion was implicitly accepted.

Expressions

暗あん黙もくの了りょう解かいtacit understanding; unspoken agreement

Kanji

暗darkness, disappear, shade
黙silence, become silent, stop speaking

Related words

黙もく認にん
黙認 means 'tacit permission' or turning a blind eye to something, implying a deliberate choice not to interfere, while 暗黙 simply describes something unspoken or implicit without that connotation of allowing it.
暗あん示じN1
暗示 refers to a hint or suggestion made to imply something, while 暗黙 describes a shared understanding or rule that is never stated at all.

Opposites

明めい示じ
明示 means to state something explicitly and clearly, the opposite of 暗黙's sense of an unstated, implicit understanding.
明めい文ぶん化か
明文化 means writing a rule or agreement down explicitly, whereas 暗黙 describes something left unspoken, such as an unwritten mutual understanding.

Don't confuse with

沈ちん黙もくN1
沈黙 means 'silence' (the act of not speaking), whereas 暗黙 refers to an unspoken but mutually understood rule or agreement; they share the kanji 黙 but differ in meaning.

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Etymology

Compound of 暗 (dark, hidden) and 黙 (silent), literally 'dark silence', referring to something unspoken or implicit.