黙秘

• 読み: もくひ
• ローマ字: mokuhi
• 漢字の分解: 黙 (moku) — silent, mute; 秘 (hi) — secret, conceal
• 発音: /mo.kɯ.çi/

意味

Remaining silent; exercising the right to silence. Legally or deliberately refusing to speak or disclose information.

A legal and formal noun (黙秘権 = right to remain silent). In legal contexts, 黙秘 refers specifically to the right not to incriminate oneself — the Japanese equivalent of pleading the Fifth in American law. Outside legal settings, it describes an intentional and sustained refusal to divulge information, distinct from 沈黙 (general silence) in implying a deliberate choice not to speak.

例文

1. 被疑者は取調べ中ずっと黙秘を貫き、一切の供述を拒んだ。
2. 黙秘権は、刑事訴訟において被疑者に保障された重要な権利だ。
3. 上司に問い詰められたが、彼は黙秘を続けるだけで何も語らなかった。

使い方ガイド

場面: law, criminal proceedings, interrogation, legal rights

トーン: serious

起源と歴史

Sino-Japanese compound. 黙 means to be silent or keep quiet, 秘 means to keep secret or conceal — together expressing the deliberate concealment of information through silence.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Universal