黙祷
Japanese
FWOTD – 6 August 2020
Etymology
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 黙 | 祷 |
| もく Grade: S |
とう Jinmeiyō |
| goon | |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 默禱 (kyūjitai) 黙禱 黙とう |
/mokutau/ → /mokutɔː/ → /mokutoː/
Attested around the mid-Muromachi period.
From Middle Chinese-derived elements 黙 (moku, “silence”) + 祷 (tō, “praying”).
Pronunciation
Noun
黙祷 • (mokutō) ←もくたう (mokutau)?
Usage notes
This is used as an announcement to begin a public moment of silence such as one in observation of an anniversary of a disaster.
Verb
黙祷する • (mokutō suru) intransitive suru (stem 黙祷し (mokutō shi), past 黙祷した (mokutō shita))
Conjugation
Conjugation of "黙祷する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 黙祷し | もくとうし | mokutō shi | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 黙祷し | もくとうし | mokutō shi | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 黙祷する | もくとうする | mokutō suru | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 黙祷する | もくとうする | mokutō suru | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 黙祷すれ | もくとうすれ | mokutō sure | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 黙祷せよ¹ 黙祷しろ² |
もくとうせよ¹ もくとうしろ² |
mokutō seyo¹ mokutō shiro² | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 黙祷される | もくとうされる | mokutō sareru | |
| Causative | 黙祷させる 黙祷さす |
もくとうさせる もくとうさす |
mokutō saseru mokutō sasu | |
| Potential | 黙祷できる | もくとうできる | mokutō dekiru | |
| Volitional | 黙祷しよう | もくとうしよう | mokutō shiyō | |
| Negative | 黙祷しない | もくとうしない | mokutō shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 黙祷せず | もくとうせず | mokutō sezu | |
| Formal | 黙祷します | もくとうします | mokutō shimasu | |
| Perfective | 黙祷した | もくとうした | mokutō shita | |
| Conjunctive | 黙祷して | もくとうして | mokutō shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 黙祷すれば | もくとうすれば | mokutō sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
Synonyms
- 黙祷を捧げる (mokutō o sasageru)