Vocabulary

What does しいん mean?

しいん means dead silent, pin-drop silence (a state of complete stillness without a single sound).

Quick facts
Reading	しいん

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dead silent, pin-drop silence (a state of complete stillness without a single sound)

Example sentences

夜(よる)の図書館(としょかん)は誰(だれ)もいなくて、しいんと静(しず)まり返(かえ)っていた。
There was no one in the library at night, and it was dead silent.