noun
silence; keeping silent; taciturnity
Refers to a state of not speaking, often deliberately or stubbornly. Commonly used in the phrase だんまりを決め込む (to stubbornly keep silent).
彼は何を聞かれてもだんまりを決め込んだ。
No matter what he was asked, he stubbornly kept silent.
会議中、彼女は
She remained completely silent throughout the meeting.
noun
without notice; without warning
Used when someone does something suddenly or leaves without saying anything. Often in the adverbial form だんまりで.
彼はだんまりで会社を辞めた。
He quit the company without giving any notice.
だんまりで引っ越すなんてひどいよ。
Moving away without a word is just cruel.
noun
wordless pantomime in the dark (kabuki)
A kabuki technique where actors perform a silent, mimed scene in darkness. Also written as 暗闘.
歌舞伎の『だんまり』は暗闇での無言の立ち回りだ。
In kabuki, 'danmari' is a wordless fight scene performed in the dark.
Derived from the verb 黙る (だまる, 'to be silent') with the suffix り, which forms nouns from verb stems. The exact historical development is uncertain, but it has been used since the Edo period.