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粛然

粛然

Reading

Kana: しゅくぜん

Romaji: shukuzen

Kana

Romaji

Definitions

1

silent; quiet; solemn

2

softly; quietly; solemnly

Kanji

粛

Readings: シュク、スク、つつし.む

Meanings: solemn, quietly, softly

然

Readings: ゼン、ネン、しか、しか.り、しか.し、さ

Meanings: sort of thing, so, if so, in that case, well

Example Sentence

人々(ひとびと)が我々(われわれ)について言(い)っていることが真実(しんじつ)であることを反省(はんせい)してみると粛然(しゅくぜん)とせざるをえない。

➥How awful to reflect that what people say of us is true!

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