静けさ|しずけさshizukesa[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. nounstillness; silence; quiet; hush; calm; serenity
   私の望のぞむのは安やすらぎと静しずけさだけです。↗

   All I want is peace and quiet.

• Synonym静寂せいじゃくWrittenWritten/formal prose. A poetic word for total, all-encompassing silence, used mostly in literature; 「静けさ」 is the ordinary everyday word.
• Synonym無声むせいWrittenWritten/formal prose. The mere absence of sound, as in 「無声映画」; also a phonetics term. It carries no sense of tranquility.
• SynonymサイレンスNeutralNeutral. A loanword for silence or quiet; also common in song and work titles. In everyday speech 「静けさ」 is the usual choice.
• Synonym森閑しんかんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Hushed, soundless stillness, used chiefly of forests and temple grounds, as in 「森閑とした境内」; strongly literary.
• Synonym無音むおんNeutralNeutral. The absence of any sound, often for electronics and video, as in 「無音モード」; has a technical, explanatory flavor.
• Antonym喧騒けんそうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Antonym: loud bustle and uproar, as in 「都会の喧騒」; the opposite of the tranquility of 「静けさ」.
• Antonym騒がしさNeutralNeutral. Antonym: noisiness or clamor, the direct opposite of quiet 「静けさ」.

Use 「静けさ」 for the degree or atmosphere of quiet, as in 「嵐の前の静けさ」. For poetic, literary total silence choose 「静寂」; for the opposite, everyday noisiness is 「騒がしさ」, literary bustle 「喧騒」.

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1. 静しずかであること。また、その程度ていど。