たたずむ

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Japanese

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Alternative spellings
佇む
彳む

Etymology

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From Old Japanese. Compare 立たず (tatazu), archaic negative form of 立つ (tatsu, to stand, to depart).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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たたずむ (tatazumuintransitive godan (stem たたずみ (tatazumi), past たたずんだ (tatazunda))

  1. to stand still
    (ぜつ)(ぼう)(ふち)(たたず)
    zetsubō no fuchi ni tatazumu
    to wallow in a pit of despair
    (literally, “to stand still in an abyss of despair”)

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN