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黙認 (mokunin) Japanese meaning: tacit approval | Kotomora
Common word› Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation 黙認する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 黙もく 認にん する 黙もく 認にん しない Polite 黙もく 認にん します 黙もく 認にん しません Past polite 黙もく 認にん しました 黙もく 認にん しませんでした Past 黙もく 認にん した 黙もく 認にん しなかった Te-form 黙もく 認にん して 黙もく 認にん しないで Desire 黙もく 認にん したい 黙もく 認にん したくない Potential 黙もく 認にん できる 黙もく 認にん できない Passive 黙もく 認にん される 黙もく 認にん されない Causative 黙もく 認にん させる 黙もく 認にん させない Causative passive 黙もく 認にん させられる 黙もく 認にん させられない Volitional 黙もく 認にん しよう Polite volitional 黙もく 認にん しましょう Imperative 黙もく 認にん しろ 黙もく 認にん するな Conditional 黙もく 認にん すれば 黙もく 認にん しなければ Tara conditional 黙もく 認にん したら 黙もく 認にん しなかったら
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The boss tacitly allows his subordinate's tardiness.
The government was criticized for conniving at the illegal activity.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 を 黙もく 認にん する to tacitly permit/overlook something
The company turned a blind eye to employees' tardiness.
〈 人ひと 〉 の 黙もく 認にん のもとで with someone's tacit approval
Illegal trading was carried out with the government's tacit approval.
〈 事こと 〉 が 黙もく 認にん される for something to be tacitly allowed to continue
That violation has been tacitly overlooked for years.
Kanji 黙 silence, become silent, stop speaking 認 acknowledge, witness, discern Related words 容認 means openly accepting or permitting something, whereas 黙認 implies silent, unspoken permission without any explicit statement of approval.
看過 focuses on overlooking a fault or mistake (often used as 看過できない), while 黙認 specifically implies deliberately staying silent to let a violation continue.
許容 refers to tolerating something within acceptable limits, while 黙認 involves consciously ignoring something one has the power to stop.
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.
黙認 means to tacitly permit or turn a blind eye to something, while 不問 refers to a formal decision not to pursue or question it.
Don't confuse with 放置 simply means leaving something unattended or neglected, without the implication of intentional permission that 黙認 carries.
黙認 means to silently permit or tacitly approve of something, while 黙殺 means to silently reject or ignore it entirely.
Etymology Compound of 黙 (もく, 'silence') and 認 (にん, 'acknowledge, permit'). The meaning 'tacit approval' arises naturally from the combination of silent acknowledgment.
