Illustration: In a neighborhood park, a child playing a stop-and-go game has frozen halfway through an exaggerated step. One foot hovers above the ground, both arms extend for balance, and the child's cheeks puff with the effort of remaining absolutely still.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

静せい止し

seishi

stillness, being stationary

Example sentences

  1. ワニが空中くうちゅうの餌えさを取とる行動こうどうはよく観察かんさつされるが、静止せいし状態じょうたいからではサメには不可能ふかのうである。

    The behavior of crocodiles catching their food in the air is observed often, but this is not possible for sharks from a stand-still position.

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

  2. しかし止とまっている場合ばあいでもじっと休やすんでいるわけでなく、いろいろな力ちからがつりあったために静止せいししているだけにすぎない。

    However, it does not mean that performers are taking a break while standing still; rather it means that performers are simply remaining stationary in order to balance a multitude of the forces.

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

  3. 物理学者ぶつりがくしゃアルベルト・アインシュタインの相対性理論そうたいせいりろんによれば、運動うんどうしている物体ぶったいの経過時間けいかじかんは、静止せいししている物体ぶったいの経過時間けいかじかんに比くらべて相対的そうたいてきに遅おそくなる。

    According to the theory of relativity advocated by the physicist Albert Einstein, the elapsed time of objects in motion is relatively slower than that of objects at rest.

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

Kanji in 静止

  • 静quietOnセイ・ジョウKunしず-・しずか・しずまる
  • 止stop; haltOnシKunとまる・とめる・とどめる

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