嵐の前の静けさ。
The calm before the storm.
嵐の前の静けさだった。
It was the calm before the storm.
これは嵐の前の静けさだ。
This is the calm before the storm.
A storm rages.
There is no sign of―no indication of―a storm coming.
Let's strike camp before the storm arrives.
I slept through the storm.