佇まい

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
佇
たたず
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Etymology

連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 佇(たたず)まふ (tatazumafu, “to stop and stand still motionlessly”)., from 佇(たたず)ま (tatazuma, 未(み)然形(ぜんけい) (mizenkei, “irrealis form”) of 佇(たたず)む (tatazumu)) + ふ (fu, suffix for ongoing motion).

Pronunciation

Noun

佇(たたず)まい • (tatazumai) ←たたずまひ (tatazumafi)?

  1. appearance

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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