立つ – 30 Japanese Verbs for Standing
The word for stand in Japanese is 立つ(たつ、) . You can take this word and combine it with other verbs to create a compound verb to express even more specific ideas related to standing.
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Compound verbs are just two verbs stuck together. If you translate these from Japanese to English there is not always an exact equivalent. However, the list I provided below gives a close translation or explanation of what the word means.
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Word List for 立つ
立ち上げる | たちあげる | Launch a new venture or boot up a computer or machine |
立ち上がる | たちあがる | stand up |
立ち寄る | たちよる | stop by shortly |
立ち向かう | たちむかう | confront |
立ち並ぶ | たちならぶ | Stand in a row |
立ち会う | たちあう | witness or be present for something |
立ち止まる | たちどまる | stand still |
立ち去る | たちさる | Leave |
立ち直る | たちなおる | recover |
立ちはだかる | たちはだかる | block or obstruct |
立ち入る | たちいる | Intrude |
立ち返る | たちかえる | return or revert back to |
立ち上る | たちのぼる | for smoke, fog etc. rise |
立ち尽くす | たちつくす | stand still to the end (for example seeing someone off until they are out of sight) |
立ち込める | たちこめる | mist, smoke, steam etc. to envolop an area |
立ち回る | たちまわる | walk around |
立ち戻る | たちもどる | return to a place or go back to an idea, conversation etc. |
立ち行く | たちゆく | to keep going or stay viable (for example a business) |
立ち塞がる | たちふさがる | block someone’s way |
立ちすくむ | たちすくむ | Be petrified |
立ち遅れる | たちおくれる | Lag behind |
立ち現れる | たちあらわれる | appear or show up |
立ち退く | たちのく | vacate a house or place |
立ち合う | たちあう | to be a match with a a rival or be present at some event |
立ち枯れる | たちかれる | plants or trees to wither without falling |
立ち至る | たちいたる | get into a situation or reach deeply into a matter (usually negative situation) |
立ち働く | たちはたらく | go about ones work or move about |
立ち込む | たちこむ | Be crowded |
立ち騒ぐ | たちさわぐ | be noisy or in an uproar (example, waves or a crowd) |
立ち迷う | たちまよう | drift around (smoke, fog, mist, or even a smell) |
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