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静まり返る

静まりかえる

Reading

Kana: しずまりかえる
Romaji: shizumarikaeru
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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to fall silent; to become still as death

Kanji

Readings: セイ、 ジョウ、 しず-、 しず.か、 しず.まる、 しず.める
Meaning: quiet
Readings: ヘン、 かえ.す、 -かえ.す、 かえ.る、 -かえ.る
Meanings: return, answer, fade, repay

Example Sentences

城中(しろちゅう)(しず)まり(かえ)っていた。
➥All was silent throughout the castle.
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その部屋(へや)(しず)まり(かえ)っていた。
➥All was quiet in the room.
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(もり)のなかは(しず)まりかえっていた。
➥All was still in the woods.
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万物(ばんぶつ)(しず)まり(かえ)っている。
➥All is still.
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(むら)日没後(にちぼつご)(しず)まり(かえ)っていた。
➥The village was dead after sunset.
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今夜(こんや)(すべ)てが(しず)まりかえっている。
➥All is calm tonight.
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