静しずしずFreq.FrequencyTop 10,000じ字FuriganaAudioMeanings1prefixquiet; calm; stillPrefix used in classical or literary compounds to express quietness, calmness, or stillness. Not freely productive in modern Japanese; mainly seen in fixed words like 静心 (しずごころ, calm mind) or 静寂 (しじま, silence).See also: 静心「静しず心ごころ」という言こと葉ばには、落おち着ついた心こころという意い味みがある。Break this sentence down in the analyzerThe word 静心 (shizugokoro) means a calm, composed mind.古ふるい和わ歌かでは「静しず」が静しずけさを表あらわす接せっ頭とう語ごとして使つかわれることがある。Break this sentence down in the analyzerIn old waka poems, 静 is sometimes used as a prefix expressing quietness.See all 16 example sentences ›