quiet

/kwaɪət/

意味: 静けさ

例文: The garden’s quiet soothed June.
　　  庭の静けさがジューンを落ち着かせた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: quiet place (静かな場所), quiet voice (静かな声), quiet moment (静かな瞬間)

定義: 音や声があまりない状態を表します。周りが静かで落ち着いていることを意味します。人や場所、時間などが騒がしくないときに使います。

quietは約20,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度 - 横向き棒グラフ

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析 レーダーチャート

感情グラフ: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

Definitions(定義)

Noun: a period of calm weather
Noun: an untroubled state; free from disturbances
Noun: the absence of sound
Noun: a disposition free from stress or emotion
Verb: become quiet or quieter
Verb: make calm or still
Adjective: characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
Adjective: free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound
Adjective: not showy or obtrusive
Adjective: in a softened tone
Adjective: (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
Adjective: of the sun characterized by a low level of surface phenomena like sunspots e.g.
Adverb: with little or no activity or no agitation (`quiet’ is a nonstandard variant for `quietly’)

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The library was very quiet during the exam.(試験中、図書館はとても静かでした。)
Please be quiet while the baby is sleeping.(赤ちゃんが寝ている間は静かにしてください。)
She enjoys the quiet mornings at the lake.(彼女は湖での静かな朝を楽しんでいます。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: there was a lull in the storm
Noun: he needed silence in order to sleep
Noun: the street was quiet
Verb: The audience fell silent when the speaker entered
Verb: quiet the dragons of worry and fear
Adjective: a quiet life
Adjective: a quiet throng of onlookers
Adjective: quiet peace-loving people
Adjective: the factions remained quiet for almost 10 years
Adjective: a quiet audience at the concert
Adjective: the room was dark and quiet
Adjective: clothes in quiet good taste
Adjective: hushed voices
Adjective: muted trumpets
Adjective: a subdued whisper
Adjective: a quiet reprimand
Adjective: a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay
Adjective: the quiet waters of a lagoon
Adjective: a lake of tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky
Adjective: a smooth channel crossing
Adjective: scarcely a ripple on the still water
Adjective: unruffled water
Adverb: her hands rested quietly in her lap
Adverb: the rock star was quietly led out the back door
Adverb: sit here as quiet as you can

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): calm, calm down, hush, hushed, lull, muted, pipe down, placid, placidity, quiesce, quiet, quiet down, quieten, quietly, repose, restrained, serenity, silence, smooth, still, subdued, tranquil, tranquility, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillity, tranquillize, unruffled

Antonyms(反意語): active, agitate, louden, noisy, sound, unquiet, unquietly

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): calmness, change intensity, comfort, composure, order, sound property

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): aplomb, calm, civil order, dim, dissonance, harmony, louden, lull, musicality, peace, pitch, quieten, registration, repose, rhythmicity, rule of law, sharpen, silence, soften, softness, sound, stability, still, stillness, timbre, tranquillity, volume

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): ataraxia, compose, hush, lull, pacify, quietness, reassure, speechlessness

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: hush, lull, placid, placidness, quiescent, quiet, quietness, silence, silent, smoothness, still, stillness, subduedness, tranquil, tranquility, tranquilizer, tranquillity

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: psychology

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive, emotional

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb
countable noun
comparative-er

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

中学レベル

英検4級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1

Movies(映画): Big Hero 6, The Bad Guys

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: positive, sadness