黙もく認にん

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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

Meanings

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

tacit approval; connivance; overlooking

Deliberately not intervening or objecting, thereby giving implicit permission. Often used in formal, political, or organizational contexts where someone chooses to ignore a violation or problem.

上じょう司しは部ぶ下かの遅ち刻こくを黙もく認にんしている。
The boss tacitly allows his subordinate's tardiness.
政せい府ふはその違い法ほう行こう為いを黙もく認にんしたと批ひ判はんされた。
The government was criticized for conniving at the illegal activity.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉を黙もく認にんするto tacitly permit/overlook something
会かい社しゃは社しゃ員いんの遅ち刻こくを黙もく認にんしていた。
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
政せい府ふの黙もく認にんのもとで違い法ほうな取とり引ひきが行おこなわれていた。
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
その違い反はんは長なが年ねん黙もく認にんされてきた。
That violation has been tacitly overlooked for years.

Kanji

黙silence, become silent, stop speaking
認acknowledge, witness, discern

Related words

容よう認にん
容認 means openly accepting or permitting something, whereas 黙認 implies silent, unspoken permission without any explicit statement of approval.
看かん過か
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.
許きょ容ようN1
許容 refers to tolerating something within acceptable limits, while 黙認 involves consciously ignoring something one has the power to stop.
暗あん黙もくN1
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.
不ふ問もんN2
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.

Opposites

摘てき発はつN1
摘発 means exposing and cracking down on wrongdoing, the opposite of 黙認, which means quietly letting it pass unchallenged.

Don't confuse with

放ほう置ちN1
放置 simply means leaving something unattended or neglected, without the implication of intentional permission that 黙認 carries.
黙もく殺さつ
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.