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出で立つ (いでたつ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

出いで立たつ

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で

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つ

Meanings

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godan verb (-tsu), intransitive verb

set out; depart; start a journey

Archaic/literary verb for setting out on a journey or departing. In modern Japanese, 出発する or 旅立つ are far more common.

武ぶ士しが朝あさ早はやくいでたつ。
The samurai sets out early in the morning.
古こ典てんでは、旅たびにいでたつ場ば面めん

が

よく

描えが

か

れる

。

In classical literature, scenes of setting out on a journey are often depicted.

Written forms

出いで立たつUsage57%
Archaic/literary kanji spelling. The verb is now almost always written in kana.
いで立たつUsage36%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not a standard modern spelling.
いでたつUsage7%
Modern kana spelling; the kanji form is rare and literary.

Kanji

出exit, leave, go out
立stand up, rise, set up

Similar words

出しゅっ発ぱつする
Standard modern verb for 'depart' or 'set out'. いでたつ is archaic/literary and not used in everyday speech.
旅たび立だつ
Modern verb for 'set out on a journey', more common than いでたつ but still somewhat literary. いでたつ is older and rarer.

Etymology

Compound of 出で (ide, continuative form of classical verb 出づ 'to go out') + 立つ (tatsu, 'to stand, to depart'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the form is now archaic.