Word Meaning 寡黙

かもく kamoku

寡黙 is read as かもく (kamoku) and means untalkative.

Meaning

English

  1. untalkative
  2. quiet
  3. taciturn
  4. reticent
  5. uncommunicative

Reading

Kana

かもく

Romaji

kamoku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 29 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Antonyms 饒舌,多弁 Rank 10373 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

温厚寡黙

おんこうかもく

gentle and reticent

沈黙寡言

ちんもくかげん

taciturn

寡婦

かふ

widow

寡占

かせん

oligopoly

寡作

かさく

unprolific (writer, artist, etc.)

沈黙

ちんもく

Silence (1966 novel by Shūsaku Endō)

暗黙

あんもく

tacit

黙る

だまる

to be silent

黙認

もくにん

tacit approval

黙秘権

もくひけん

right to keep silent

多寡

たか

degree (of something)

黙殺

もくさつ

ignoring

Example Sentences

3

かれはかもくなひとです。

He is a man of few words.

My father is a man of few words.

He used to be a quiet man.