Japanese

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Alternative spellings
噤む
鉗む

Pronunciation

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Verb

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つぐむ (tsugumutransitive godan (stem つぐみ (tsugumi), past つぐんだ (tsugunda))

  1. to keep silent, hold one's tongue

References

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  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN