Word details
しじま
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word しじま.
Dictionary
Entry
1
Poetical term
silence; stillness; quietness
Examples
それから長い沈黙が続いた。
There followed a long silence.
無言が記録されたためしはない。
No silence was ever written down.
助けを求める叫び声が夜のしじまに響きわたった。
A call for help rang through the night.
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
静
quiet
14 strokesFrequency 764JLPT N2Grade 4
On
セイジョウ
Kun
しず-しず.かしず.まるしず.める
Nanori
しづ
寂
loneliness, quietly, mellow, mature, death of a priest
11 strokesFrequency 1,599JLPT N1Grade 8
On
ジャクセキ
Kun
さびさび.しいさび.れるさみ.しい
沈
sink, be submerged, subside, be depressed, aloes
7 strokesFrequency 1,271JLPT N2Grade 8
On
チンジン
Kun
しず.むしず.める
Nanori
しん
黙
silence, become silent, stop speaking, leave as is
15 strokesFrequency 1,338JLPT N1Grade 8
On
モクボク
Kun
だま.るもだ.す
無
nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not
12 strokesFrequency 274JLPT N2Grade 4
On
ムブ
Kun
な.い
言
say, word
7 strokesFrequency 83JLPT N4Grade 2
On
ゲンゴン
Kun
い.うこと
Nanori
とき
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