深しん々しん

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.

• 夜よるが深しん々しんと更ふけていった。

  The night grew deeply silent.

• 雪ゆきが深しん々しんと降ふり積つもる。

  The snow falls silently and piles up.

taru-adjective, adverb taking the 'to' particle

piercing; biting (cold)

Only with reading しんしん

Used for cold that seems to penetrate deeply. Restricted to the reading しんしん.

• 寒さむさが深しん々しんと身みにしみる。

  The cold pierces deeply into my body.