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    3. 静まり返る

    静まり返る

    静しずま​り​返かえる​

    to fall completely silent

    KMT9News #26+1Verb, IntransitiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab27 strokes

    静まりかえる

    しずまりかえる

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to fall completely silent, to become still as death

    Stroke 0 / 27

    Speed1.0x

    部へ屋やは突とつ然ぜん静しずまり返かえった。

    The room suddenly fell completely silent.

    KMT7Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    先せん生せいが教きょう室しつに入はいると、生せい徒とたちは静しずまり返かえった。

    When the teacher entered the classroom, the students fell completely silent.

    KMT9EducationDaily Life
    深しん夜やの森もりは、まるで時じ間かんが止とまったかのように静しずまり返かえっていた。

    The forest in the dead of night was completely silent, as if time had stopped.

    KMT9Nature & EnvironmentEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれの衝しょう撃げき的てきな告こく白はくに、その場ばにいた全ぜん員いんが静しずまり返かえった。

    At his shocking confession, everyone present fell completely silent.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    祭まつりの喧けん騒そうが終おわり、町まちは再ふたたび静しずまり返かえった。

    The hustle and bustle of the festival ended, and the town fell silent once again.

    KMT9Daily LifeCulture & Traditions

    Characters that make up this word

    静
    しず-・しず.か・しず.まる・しず.める…(3)
    quiet
    Kanji
    返
    かえ.す・-かえ.す・かえ.る・-かえ.る…(1)
    return・answer・fade・repay
    Kanji
    ま
    ma
    Kana
    り
    ri
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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