Illustration: Inside a neighborhood memorial hall, a small group stands quietly before a simple flower arrangement and a framed portrait. One attendee steps forward with a single blossom held carefully in both hands, head slightly bowed. The others wait with straight, still postures and lowered gazes.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

厳げん粛しゅく

genshuku

solemn, grave

Example sentences

  1. その裁判官さいばんかんは厳粛げんしゅくな顔かおをして、怖こわそうに見みえた。

    The judge was grave and forbidding.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼かれらは教会内きょうかいないでの厳粛げんしゅくな儀式ぎしきを畏敬いけいの念ねんをもって見守みまもった。

    They watched the solemn ceremony in the church with awe.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 基本的きほんてきに神事しんじとしての祭まつりは厳粛げんしゅくな場面ばめんと賑にぎやかな場面ばめんの二面性にめんせいを持もち、厳粛げんしゅくな場面ばめんでは人々ひとびとは日常にちじょうよりも厳きびしく、伝統でんとうや秩序ちつじょを守まもることを要求ようきゅうされる。

    The matsuri as Shinto ritual basically has a bilateral character of solemn scene and joyous scene, and in the solemn scene, people are required to keep traditions and order more strictly than usual.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 厳粛

  • 厳stern; strictnessOnゲン・ゴンKunおごそか・きびしい・いかめしい
  • 粛solemn; quietlyOnシュク・スクKunつつしむ

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