黙祷

See also: 默禱 and 默祷

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

(Tokyo) もくとー [mòkútóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [mo̞kɯ̟to̞ː]

Noun

黙(もく)祷(とう) • (mokutō) ^{←もくたう (mokutau)^?}

a silent prayer, a moment of silence

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(もく)祷(とう)する • (mokutō suru) intransitive suru (stem 黙(もく)祷(とう)し (mokutō shi), past 黙(もく)祷(とう)した (mokutō shita))

to offer a silent prayer

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(もく)祷(とう)を捧(ささ)げる (mokutō o sasageru)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN