立ち往生

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• (Tokyo) たちおーじょー (Nakadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

立(た)ち往(おう)生(じょう) • (tachiōjō) ^{←たちわうじやう (tatiwauzyau)?}

1. bringing to a stop, bringing to a standstill, stranding, being stalled

立(た)ち往(おう)生(じょう)する • (tachiōjō suru) ^{←たちわうじやう (tatiwauzyau)?}intransitive suru (stem 立(た)ち往(おう)生(じょう)し (tachiōjō shi), past 立(た)ち往(おう)生(じょう)した (tachiōjō shita))

1. be brought to a stop, be brought to a standstill, be stranded, be stalled, be stuck
   • 2011, NHK News‎:

     池(いけ)袋(ぶくろ)と所(ところ)沢(ざわ)の間(あいだ)で電(でん)車(しゃ)を運(うん)転(てん)できなくなっており、一(いち)部区(ぶく)間(かん)では電(でん)車(しゃ)が立(た)ち往(おう)生(じょう)しています。

     Ikebukuro to Tokorozawa no aida de densha o unten dekinaku natte ori, ichibu kukan de wa densha ga tachiōjō shite imasu.

     Trains became unable to run in the interval between Ikebukuro and Tokorozawa, and trains in one part of that area have been stranded.

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