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What's the Japanese equivalent of the "Order!" shouted when a judge or speaker of the house gavels their assemblies?

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    According to this link they don't use a gavel in Japanese courthouses but as shown in the answer at least it's used in fiction detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1053992530
    – siikamiika
    Aug 7, 2017 at 3:43
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    Oh, I didn't know gavels are actually used in the US. I always believed it's a purely fictional thing.
    – naruto
    Aug 7, 2017 at 4:49
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    @naruto すみません、that is amusing to hear for an American. We also have tv shows with (fake?) judges.
    – knowledge_is_power
    Aug 7, 2017 at 5:21

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静粛に【せいしゅくに】！

　or "Be silent!" is the most appropriate answer, I think.

(Although it's from a game, 逆転裁判　【ぎゃくてんさいばん】, I don't believe it's far off from the real thing.)

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This video is a live broadcast of the Diet in Japan.
The next line was told by the Speaker of the House to have the members be quiet. (Siikamiika tells us a more clear sound source here.)

ご静粛｛せいしゅく｝に願｛ねが｝います！

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  • I also found this other video, I think you can hear the word more clearly in it. Is there a difference between うるさい！ and 静粛に願います, politeness-wise? :P
    – siikamiika
    Aug 7, 2017 at 6:16
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    @siikamiika: 「うるさい！」と「静粛に願います」とは静かにして欲しいという意味では同じですが、「うるさい！」と言ったあとには 喧嘩｛けんか｝ がはじまる可能性があります。
    – user20624
    Aug 7, 2017 at 6:22
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    Yes there is. うるさいis just literally "so noisy" with the implied meaning and tone of "Shut up!". 静粛に願いますis actually quite formal, having used a pretty advanced noun (静粛) and 願います; I'd translate this as "I ask for tranquility" -- which is more formal than even "Quiet please" （お静かに）.
    – LiveMynd
    Aug 7, 2017 at 6:23
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    Yeah, I just meant that it would probably be worth it to add that information to the answer especially because this appears to be a Hot Network Question
    – siikamiika
    Aug 7, 2017 at 6:25
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    @GabbyQuattrone Your answer is fine as it is because it offers an alternative viewpoint to the question: court in Japanese fiction. I just suggested that mackygoo would improve their answer by mentioning the politeness aspect of 静粛に願います when compared to the うるさい also heard on the video that I linked. Technically it would be so-so to translate mackygoo's comment and add it to their answer but generally edits should only improve post's formatting and such without changing the actual message.
    – siikamiika
    Aug 8, 2017 at 0:19

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