Word · 単語
立ち往生
Reading たちおうじょう
being brought to a standstill
- 1 being brought to a standstill, being stranded, getting stuck, stalling, deadlock
- 2 being stumped, being in a dilemma, stopping in one's tracks, standing speechless
- 3 dying while standing (and remaining standing), dying on one's feet
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Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.
例文 · examples
彼らは交通渋滞で何時間も立ち往生した。
They were stuck for hours in a traffic jam.
sense 1 · being brought to a standstill
フランス語の先生は生徒の質問に立ち往生した。
The French teacher was stumped by her student's question.
sense 2 · being stumped
私は病院へ行く途中、交通渋滞にあって立ち往生してしまった。
I was held up on my way to the hospital in a traffic jam.
sense 1 · being brought to a standstill