沈滞

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
ちん
Grade: S
たい
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
沈滯 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

(ちん)(たい) (chintai

  1. stagnation
  2. inactivity, a standstill

Verb

(ちん)(たい)する (chintai surusuru (stem (ちん)(たい) (chintai shi), past (ちん)(たい)した (chintai shita))

  1. stagnate
    • 1917, 和辻哲郎, 創作の心理について:
      (したが)って(かれ)らの表現欲(ひょうげんよく)内生(ないせい)沈滞(ちんたい)し、平凡(へいぼん)をきわめているに(くら)べて、滑稽(こっけい)なほど不釣合(ふつりあい)(はげ)しい。
      Shitagatte karera no hyōgen'yoku wa naisei ga chintai shi, heibon o kiwamete iru ni kurabete, kokkei na hodo futsuriai ni hageshī.
      As their desire for self-expression stagnated, their exaggeration of the commonplace reached comical extremes.
  2. be inactive, be at a standstill
    • 1933, 萩原朔太郎, 郷愁の詩人 与謝蕪村:
      その(すし)は、時間(じかん)沈滞(ちんたい)する(そこ)(ほう)で、(しず)かに、(つめ)たく、永遠(えいえん)瞑想(めいそう)(ふけ)っているのである。
      Sono sushi wa, jikan no chintai suru soko no hō de, shizuka ni, tsumetaku, eien no meisō ni fukette iru no de aru.
      The sushi seemed put time into a standstill and one became lost in a quiet, cool, eternal meditation.

Conjugation

References

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