鎮

KANJI

鎮

pacify

calm, settle, subdue, quell, tranquilize, weigh down

Kun'yomi

しずshizu

On'yomi

ちんchin

Example sentences

彼かれは暴徒ぼうとの興奮こうふんを鎮しずめるために懸命けんめいに説得せっとくを試こころみた。

He tried desperately to persuade the rioters to calm their excitement.

数時間すうじかんの激はげしい雨あめの後あと、ようやく嵐あらしは鎮しずまり、空そらに虹にじがかかった。

After several hours of heavy rain, the storm finally subsided, and a rainbow appeared in the sky.

頭痛ずつうがひどかったので、すぐに鎮痛剤ちんつうざいを服用ふくようして痛いたみを鎮しずめた。

Since I had a severe headache, I immediately took a pain reliever and quelled the pain.

Practice exercises

鎮魂こん

repose of souls; pacification of spirits

Answer

ちんこん

鎮

Answer

ちんしず

鎮

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pacifysettlecalmsuppress

鎮静せい

pacification; sedation

Answer

ちんせい

鎮圧あつ

suppression; subjugation

Answer

ちんあつ

鎮座ざ

enshrinement; sitting majestically (of a deity or important person)

Answer

ちんざ