無気味な静けさが彼らの心胆を寒からしめた。

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English Translation

The eerie silence struck terror into their hearts.

Furigana

無気味(ぶきみ)な静(しず)けさが彼(かれ)らの心胆(しんたん)を寒(かん)からしめた。

Romanji

Bukimina shizukesa ga karera no shintan o kan kara shimeta.

Words

不気味 (ぶきみ)

weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly

静けさ (しずけさ)

stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

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

心胆 (しんたん)

heart

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

寒 (かん)

midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

しめる (しめる)

to make; to let