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calming

Japanese translation: 心が落ち着く

00:51 Apr 14, 2004
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English term or phrase: calming
Calming used in a sentence would be "Watching the fish was very calming".
Japanese translation:心が落ち着く
Explanation:
「穏やかになる」の意味でしょう。
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hinata
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Local time: 10:27
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4 +3心が落ち着く
hinata
5心が静まる、心の静まる思いがする
humbird
4 +1和んだ、和む、落ち着いた
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
心が落ち着く


Explanation:
「穏やかになる」の意味でしょう。

hinata
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Local time: 10:27
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
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agree  Mumu Watanabe (X)
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agree  Noriko Fujiwara
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agree  Minoru Kuwahara: the first word coming to my mind would be 気持ちが落ち着く among other possible expressions. i would assume a little different mentality from 心が和む, for instance, though the latter would not be deviated from the speaker's perception. -
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心が静まる、心の静まる思いがする


Explanation:
The stem word is "calm" which is noun, adjective, and verb. Calming is a gerund form of the verb. To "calm" in this case is intransitive verb form so 静まる can be the best choice. Translation of your sentence:　魚（が泳いでいる）のを見ると心が静まる思いがします。Your original sentence is very clumsy English, as you would not get "calming effect" by watching dead fish. It must be swimming.

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Note added at 2004-04-14 05:03:41 (GMT)
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日本語でいいましょうね。
Calming はcalmの動名詞です。そしてcalmは自動詞でも他動詞でもありますが、この場合は自動詞でしょう。だから日本語のほうも「心が静まる」というふうにいえばいいでしょう。ただし「静まる思いがする」といったほうが自然です。
ところで例文の英語はずいぶんぶきっちょな英語ですね。でも想像を働かせてあなたのいいたいことを考えるのですが、水槽などで泳いでいる熱帯魚をみていっているのでしょうね。誰も死んだ魚を見て心が静まるひとはいないでしょうね。


humbird
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和んだ、和む、落ち着いた


Explanation:
「魚を眺めて（心が）ずいぶん和んだ。」
「魚を眺めて（心が）ずいぶん落ち着いた。」はいかがでしょうか。

直訳でなくて良いなら個人的には「癒された」なんてしてしまうかもしれません。。。：）


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Linden Tree LS
Local time: 10:27
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese

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agree  Kurt Hammond: I like 癒された .
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