黙もく殺さつ

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黙殺する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	黙もく殺さつする	黙もく殺さつしない
Polite	黙もく殺さつします	黙もく殺さつしません
Past polite	黙もく殺さつしました	黙もく殺さつしませんでした
Past	黙もく殺さつした	黙もく殺さつしなかった
Te-form	黙もく殺さつして	黙もく殺さつしないで
Desire	黙もく殺さつしたい	黙もく殺さつしたくない
Potential	黙もく殺さつできる	黙もく殺さつできない
Passive	黙もく殺さつされる	黙もく殺さつされない
Causative	黙もく殺さつさせる	黙もく殺さつさせない
Causative passive	黙もく殺さつさせられる	黙もく殺さつさせられない
Volitional	黙もく殺さつしよう
Polite volitional	黙もく殺さつしましょう
Imperative	黙もく殺さつしろ	黙もく殺さつするな
Conditional	黙もく殺さつすれば	黙もく殺さつしなければ
Tara conditional	黙もく殺さつしたら	黙もく殺さつしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

ignoring; disregarding; refusing to comment on

Deliberately ignoring something, often in a public or official context; implies a conscious decision not to acknowledge or respond.

政せい府ふはその質しつ問もんを黙もく殺さつした。
The government ignored the question.
彼かれの提てい案あんは会かい議ぎで黙もく殺さつされた。
His proposal was disregarded at the meeting.

Usage patterns

〈事こと〉を黙もく殺さつするto deliberately ignore/disregard something
政せい府ふはその抗こう議ぎを黙もく殺さつした。
The government simply ignored the protest.
〈事こと〉が黙もく殺さつされるto be deliberately ignored/disregarded
彼かれの提てい案あんは完かん全ぜんに黙もく殺さつされた。
His proposal was completely ignored.
黙もく殺さつを決きめ込こむto decide to give something the silent treatment
会かい社しゃはクレームに対たいして黙もく殺さつを決きめ込こんだ。
The company decided to just ignore the complaints.

Kanji

黙silence, become silent, stop speaking
殺kill, murder, butcher

Related words

無む視しN3
無視 is the common, general word for ignoring something, while 黙殺 implies a deliberate, often official refusal to acknowledge or respond.
看かん過か
看過 means to overlook or let something pass without action, whereas 黙殺 involves actively and pointedly refusing to respond to it.

Don't confuse with

黙もく認にん
黙認 means to silently permit or tacitly approve of something, while 黙殺 means to silently reject or ignore it entirely.
黙もく秘ひ
黙秘 refers to staying silent to withhold information (e.g. a suspect's right to remain silent), while 黙殺 refers to ignoring an external statement or request.

Counted with

件けんN2
黙殺 is counted with 件 as an instance or case of being ignored, e.g. 抗議が一件黙殺された.

Etymology

Compound of 黙 (moku, 'silence') and 殺 (satsu, 'kill'), literally 'kill with silence'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of deliberately ignoring or suppressing something by remaining silent.