たたずむ

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
佇む
彳む

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

たたずむ • (tatazumu) intransitive godan (stem たたずみ (tatazumi), past たたずんだ (tatazunda))

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of "たたずむ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") たたずま tatazuma
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") たたずみ tatazumi
Shūshikei ("terminal") たたずむ tatazumu
Rentaikei ("attributive") たたずむ tatazumu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") たたずめ tatazume
Meireikei ("imperative") たたずめ tatazume
Key constructions
Passive たたずまれる tatazumareru
Causative たたずませる
たたずます 		tatazumaseru
tatazumasu
Potential たたずめる tatazumeru
Volitional たたずもう tatazumō
Negative たたずまない tatazumanai
Negative continuative たたずまず tatazumazu
Formal たたずみます tatazumimasu
Perfective たたずんだ tatazunda
Conjunctive たたずんで tatazunde
Hypothetical conditional たたずめば tatazumeba

References

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