Illustration: A narrow residential lane ends beside a small planted courtyard, bordered by modest houses and carefully kept hedges. An older resident sits on an engawa with a cup resting nearby, while a cat sleeps fully stretched across the warm boards.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

閑かん静せい

kansei

quiet, peaceful

Example sentences

  1. トムとメアリーは閑静かんせいな住宅街じゅうたくがいに住すんでいる。

    Tom and Mary live in a quiet residential neighborhood.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 駅周辺えきしゅうへんには閑静かんせいな住宅街じゅうたくがいが広ひろがる。

    A quiet residential area spreads out around the station.

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

  3. 今いまではこの付近ふきんは閑静かんせいな住宅街じゅうたくがいとなっている。

    This neighborhood is now a quiet residential area.

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

Kanji in 閑静

  • 閑leisureOnカン
  • 静quietOnセイ・ジョウKunしず-・しずか・しずまる

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