ひっそり
Meanings
Adverb
Verb (する)
Onomatopoeic
1. quiet (place); still; silent; deserted
The surroundings were quiet, and there was hardly any sign of people.
2. inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
That alone, he had quietly sworn in his heart.
Pitch accent
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Examples (12 in total)
The hallway is quiet.
The house was quiet.
The funeral was held quietly.
The two sisters lived very quietly.
The timbre of the piano is quietly resonating.
There is a shop that an acquaintance runs inconspicuously.
There were no people in the hall, and it was quiet.
That alone, he had quietly sworn in his heart.
A human-shaped shadow could be seen standing silently there.
The surroundings were quiet, and there was hardly any sign of people.
Without telling anyone, she moved somewhere else and lived quietly.
A high, dry sound echoes quietly, and the reverberation spreads softly.