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暗黙的 (anmokuteki) Japanese meaning: implicit | Kotomora

暗あん黙もく的てき

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Meanings

1

implicit; tacit

Used in computing and formal contexts for something understood without being directly stated, such as an implicit assumption or default behavior.

この設せっ定ていは暗あん黙もく的てきに有

ゆう

効こう

に

なっ

て

い

ます

。

This setting is implicitly enabled.

暗あん黙もく的てきな了りょう解かいがあった。

There was a tacit understanding.

Kanji

暗darkness, disappear, shade
黙silence, become silent, stop speaking
的bull's eye, mark, target

Related words

明めい示じ的てき
明示的 means 'explicit', the direct opposite of 暗黙的.
暗あん黙もく
暗黙 is a noun meaning 'tacitness' or 'implicitness', often used in compounds like 暗黙の了解 (tacit understanding). 暗黙的 is the adjectival form.

Word family

暗あん黙もく的てき引いん用よう仕し様よう
implicit interface

Built from

暗あん黙もく+的てき

Etymology

Compound of 暗黙 (tacit, implicit) + 的 (-like, -ish), forming an adjectival noun. 暗黙 itself is from 暗 (dark, hidden) and 黙 (silent).