静まり返る・静まりかえる|しずまりかえるshizumarikaeru[5]nakadaka (mid-high)

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Which spelling to use
静まり返る静まり返る is the more common form overall and expresses complete silence or stillness; it is written with kanji and kana.
静まりかえる静まりかえる is less common overall than 静まり返る, but it is the form recommended for beginners; it also expresses complete silence or stillness.
Definitions
  1. godan verb, intransitive verbto fall completely silent; to become still as death
    村むらは日ひ没後ぼつご静まり返しずまりかえっていた。↗
    The village was dead after sunset.
Conjugation
Dictionary form静まり返る(しずまりかえる)
Polite (masu)静まり返ります(しずまりかえります)
Negative (nai)静まり返らない(しずまりかえらない)
polite (masen)静まり返りません(しずまりかえりません)
classical zu / nu静まり返らず・静まり返らぬ(しずまりかえらず・しずまりかえらぬ)
Past (ta)静まり返った(しずまりかえった)
polite (mashita)静まり返りました(しずまりかえりました)
Past negative (nakatta)静まり返らなかった(しずまりかえらなかった)
polite (masen deshita)静まり返りませんでした(しずまりかえりませんでした)
Te form静まり返って(しずまりかえって)
Potential静まり返れる(しずまりかえれる)
Passive静まり返られる(しずまりかえられる)
Causative静まり返らせる(しずまりかえらせる)
Causative passive静まり返らせられる・静まり返らされる(しずまりかえらせられる・しずまりかえらされる)
Conditional (ba)静まり返れば(しずまりかえれば)
tara静まり返ったら(しずまりかえったら)
Volitional静まり返ろう(しずまりかえろう)
polite (mashou)静まり返りましょう(しずまりかえりましょう)
Imperative静まり返れ(しずまりかえれ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • RelatedひっそりするNeutralDescribes a place as deserted and hushed, stressing that few people are around and the mood is lonely; 「静まり返る」 stresses utter, deathly silence instead.
  • Antonym騒がしいさわがしいNeutralAntonym: noisy and clamorous, the direct opposite of the utter silence of 「静まり返る」.
  • Antonym喧騒けんそうWrittenAntonym: the din and bustle of crowds, as in 「都会の喧騒」; the opposite of stillness. A written, formal word.

Use 「静まり返る」 when a place falls completely silent, as in 「会場が静まり返る」. For a deserted, lonely quiet with few people around, say 「ひっそりする」. 「騒がしい」 and the written 「喧騒」 are antonyms for noise and bustle.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. すっかり静しずかになる。
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