Illustration: In a community center playroom, a caregiver kneels at the level of a frightened child whose tall block tower has collapsed. The caregiver rests one hand lightly on the child’s back and offers the other open palm, keeping a calm face and patient eye contact.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

静しずめる

shizumeru

to calm, to soothe

Example sentences

  1. 心こころを静しずめるために私わたしは目めを閉とじた。

    I closed my eyes to calm down.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 両親りょうしんは彼かれを静しずめるのに成功せいこうした。

    The parents succeeded in calming him down.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 私わたしの怒いかりを静しずめるのは心こころからの謝罪しゃざいしかない。

    Only a sincere apology will appease my anger.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 静

  • 静quietOnセイ・ジョウKunしず-・しずか・しずまる

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