静める

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 静める, read しずめる, is a verb for calming feelings or quieting a disturbance.
• Basic usage: It brings heightened emotions or noisy people into a calmer state.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• What is calmed
  • In the example, 気持ちを静めた means calmed one's feelings.
  • 騒ぐ観客を静める means quieting a noisy audience.
• Inflection
  • The past form is 静めた.
  • The negative form is 静めない.