静める

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
しず
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
靜める (kyūjitai)
鎮める

Etymology[edit]

From (shizu, bound morpheme indicating “quietness” or “calmness”). Cognate with the shizu in 静か (shizuka, quiet; calm; still) and 沈む (shizumu, to sink; to set (such as the sun or moon); to become depressed).[1][2] This shizu might also be related to (shita, down; below).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

(しず)める (shizumeruしづめる (sidumeru)?transitive ichidan (stem (しず) (shizume), past (しず)めた (shizumeta))

Japanese verb pair
active 静める
mediopassive 静まる
  1. appease, calm, tranquilize, pacify

Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN