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Japanese

まる

しずまる
Meaning: to subside; to calm down; to die down
Part of Speech: Verb

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Verb inflections

Form Affirmative Negative
Present 鎮まる 鎮まらない
Polite 鎮まります 鎮まりません
Past 鎮まった 鎮まらなかった
Polite + Past 鎮まりました 鎮まりませんでした
Te-form 鎮まって 鎮まらなくて
Potential 鎮まれる 鎮まれない
Passive 鎮まられる 鎮まられない
Causative 鎮まらせる 鎮まらせない
Causative + Passive 鎮まらされる 鎮まらされない
Imperative 鎮まれ 鎮まるな

Example

警察が来ると、駅前の騒ぎはようやく鎮まった。
When the police arrived, the commotion in front of the station finally died down.

Usage Notes

Describes noise, unrest, strong weather, anger, or another disturbance becoming calm; it is intransitive, so the thing that becomes calm is the subject.

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