kono mati de sizuka ni kurasimasita.

この is a demonstrative determiner, like this in English. It directly modifies a noun, so it goes straight before 町.

• この町 = this town
• not このの町

You use の when one noun connects to another noun, but この is not a noun here. It is already a word that attaches directly to a noun.

Compare:

• この町 = this town
• 私の町 = my town

So この works more like this, while 私 needs の to connect to 町.

Here, で marks the place where an action happens.

• この町で暮らしました = lived in this town

Even though English often uses in for location, Japanese uses different particles depending on the type of expression:

• に often marks existence or destination
• で often marks the place where an action takes place

Since 暮らす describes the activity or act of living one’s life, で is natural here.

For example:

• この町に住んでいます = I live in this town
• この町で暮らしています = I am living my life in this town

Both can be translated similarly, but the nuance is a little different.

静か is a na-adjective. When a na-adjective modifies a verb, it usually takes に and becomes adverbial.

So:

• 静か = quiet, peaceful
• 静かに = quietly, peacefully

In this sentence, 静かに describes how the person lived.

Compare:

• 静かな町 = a quiet town
  (静か
  • な before a noun)
• 静かに暮らす = live quietly
  (静か
  • に before a verb)

It can be either, depending on context.

Literally, 静かに means quietly, but with a verb like 暮らす, it often sounds more natural in English as:

• peacefully
• a quiet life
• in peace

That is because English does not always say live quietly unless we mean a calm, low-key life. Japanese 静かに暮らす often suggests a peaceful, uneventful, calm way of living.

Both can relate to living somewhere, but they are not exactly the same.

• 住む focuses more on residing somewhere
• 暮らす focuses more on living one’s life, daily life, lifestyle

So:

• この町に住みました = lived/resided in this town
• この町で暮らしました = lived in this town, with more focus on daily life in that place

In many contexts they overlap, but 暮らす can feel a little warmer or more life-oriented.

暮らしました is the polite past form of 暮らす.

Breakdown:

• dictionary form: 暮らす
• polite non-past: 暮らします
• polite past: 暮らしました

So the sentence describes something that happened in the past: the person lived in this town.

Depending on context, it could mean:

• lived in this town
• used to live in this town
• spent one’s life in this town for some period in the past

Japanese often leaves out the subject when it is obvious from context.

So この町で静かに暮らしました could mean:

• I lived quietly in this town
• we lived quietly in this town
• he/she lived quietly in this town

The listener usually figures it out from the surrounding conversation or text.

This is very normal in Japanese. Sentences often sound more natural without repeating subjects unnecessarily.

Yes, Japanese word order is more flexible than English, as long as the particles make the relationships clear.

This sentence is:

• この町で 静かに 暮らしました

But you could also hear:

• 静かにこの町で暮らしました
• この町で暮らしました、静かに

The most neutral and natural order is usually the original one, where place and manner come before the verb.

A useful pattern is:

• place + で
• manner + に
• verb

So:

• この町で
• 静かに
• 暮らしました

Yes. Depending on what you want to emphasize, は could appear.

For example:

• この町では静かに暮らしました。

This adds topic or contrast. It can sound like:

• As for this town, I lived quietly here
• In this town, at least, I lived quietly
• I lived quietly in this town with some contrast to another place

The plain sentence without は is more neutral. Adding は often introduces a contrastive or topical nuance.

町 means town or sometimes part of a city / neighborhood, depending on context.

It is often confused with 街.

Very roughly:

• 町 often refers to an administrative town or a town as a place/community
• 街 often emphasizes a built-up urban area, streets, or downtown atmosphere

In many everyday situations, both may be translated as town, but the nuance can differ.

In この町で静かに暮らしました, 町 feels like this town / this community / this place where people live.

It is polite, but not especially formal.

The politeness comes from 暮らしました, which uses the -ます form.

• plain form: この町で静かに暮らした
• polite form: この町で静かに暮らしました

So this is appropriate for normal polite conversation, writing, or narration. It is not stiff or highly formal, just respectful and standard.