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.
The night grew deeply silent.
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.
The cold pierces deeply into my body.
Standard kanji spelling for the reading しんしん, used for both silence and piercing cold.
Kana spelling is common in literary or poetic contexts.
Variant spelling using repeated kanji; less common than 深々.
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').