針の落ちる音も聞こえるほどの静けさだ。

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針の落ちる音も聞こえるほどの静けさだ。

English Translation

You might hear a pin drop.

Furigana

針(はり)の落(お)ちる音(おと)も聞(き)こえるほどの静(しず)けさだ。

Romanji

Hari no ochiru oto mo kikoeru hodo no shizukesa da.

Words

針 (はり、ち)

needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer; staple (for a stapler); needlework; sewing; malice; counter for stitches

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

落ちる (おちる)

to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); to be used in a certain place (e.g. money); to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class); to lose (contest, election, etc.); to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind; to become indecent (of a conversation); to be ruined; to go under; to fade; to come out (e.g. a stain); to come off (e.g. makeup); to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list); to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession; to fall (into a trap); to fall (for a trick); to give in; to give up; to confess; to flee; to fall; to be defeated; to surrender; to come to (in the end); to end in; to fall (in love, asleep, etc.); to swoon (judo); to consent; to understand; to crash; to freeze; to die; to move to the depths

音 (おと、ね、おん)

sound; noise; report; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

聞こえる (きこえる)

to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed

程 (ほど)

degree; extent; bounds; limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit

静けさ (しずけさ)

stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative