also: ちんちん
taru-adjective, adverb taking the 'to' particle
silent; deeply quiet
Describes a profound, often lonely silence, especially of the night or falling snow. Used with と as an adverb or in literary descriptions.
夜が深々と更けていった。
The night grew deeply silent.
雪が深々と降り積もる。
The snow falls silently and piles up.
taru-adjective, adverb taking the 'to' particle
Only with reading しんしん
Used for cold that seems to penetrate deeply. Restricted to the reading しんしん.
寒さが深々と身にしみる。
The cold pierces deeply into my body.
Rare spelling for the reading ちんちん, used for deep silence.
Rare variant of 沈々.
Reduplication of 深 (しん, 'deep') with the adverbial suffix 々, emphasizing a profound state. The reading ちんちん is a rare alternative for the silence sense, using the kanji 沈 (ちん, 'sink').