Translation guide
How to express the action of rising from a seated or lying position, or the state of being upright, in Japanese.
The physical action of getting up from a chair, bed, floor, etc.
The most common and general verb for standing up. It implies the motion of rising to one's feet.
He stood up from the chair.
Even though I fell, I stood up right away.
Focuses on getting up from a lying or fallen position, often used when someone has been in bed or on the ground.
He got up from the bed.
Means 'to stand' and can imply the action of standing up, but is more about the resulting state. Often used in set phrases.
Please stand up.
The state of being on one's feet, not sitting or lying down.
To take a stand, resist, or assert oneself.
To fail to meet someone as planned, especially for a date.
立つ (tatsu) is intransitive (to stand), while 立てる (tateru) is transitive (to stand something up). Use 立つ for yourself standing up, and 立てる when you stand an object up.
to stand a book up
I was standing the whole time on the train.