Godan verb, intransitive verb

  1. to fall completely silent, to become still as death.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
 
静まり返る しずまりかえる
 
 
 
 
 
静まりかえる しずまりかえる

Contained Kanji Breakdown

quiet
しず- セイ ジョウ (4th, N3)
blue, green
あお セイ お (1st, N4)
life (生) variant
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)
contend, dispute, argue
ソウ あらそ.う いか.でか (4th, N3)
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
snout, hand
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
return, answer, fade
かえ.す ヘン (3rd, N3)
anti-
ハン タン そり (3rd, N3)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)