立たち

noun

departure; setting off; start

A noun meaning leaving or setting out. In modern use it is especially natural in polite expressions such as お立ち; ordinary everyday Japanese often uses 出発.

• お立たちは明日あしたの朝あさですね。

  Your departure is tomorrow morning, right?

noun

being used up; being consumed; burning out

Rare or old-fashioned nominal use for something being consumed or burnt out; in modern everyday speech, 消耗, 減り, or 燃え尽きること is usually clearer.

• 消しょう耗もうを表あらわす「立たち」は、ものが使つかい尽つくされたり燃もえ尽つきたりすることをいう古ふるい名めい詞し用よう法ほうです。

  The 立ち that expresses consumption is an old noun use meaning that something is used up or burned out.

noun

passage of time; lapse

Limited noun use connected with time passing. Modern Japanese more commonly writes and says 時がたつ or 時間の経過; this 立ち is not a general-purpose everyday replacement.

• 時じ間かんの経けい過かをいう「時ときの立たち」は、現げん代だいではやや古こ風ふうに感かんじられます。

  The expression 時の立ち, meaning the passage of time, feels somewhat old-fashioned today.

noun

rehearsal; blocking rehearsal

Abbreviation of 立ち稽古, a rehearsal in which performers get on their feet and work through movement or staging.

See also: 立ち稽古 (たちげいこ)

• 演えん劇げきの稽けい古こでは、立たち稽古げいこを略りゃくして「立たち」と呼よぶことがある。

  In theatre practice, 立ち稽古 is sometimes shortened to 立ち.

noun

leading male role

Kabuki term, an abbreviation of 立ち役. It refers to a leading male role or actor type, not simply to a person who is standing.

See also: 立ち役 (たちやく)

• 歌か舞ぶ伎きでは、立たち役やくを略りゃくして「立たち」と呼よぶことがある。

  In kabuki, 立ち役 is sometimes shortened to 立ち.

noun

initial charge; sumo faceoff

Sumo abbreviation of 立ち合い, the moment the wrestlers rise from their crouch and charge at the start of a bout.

See also: 立ち合い

• 相撲すもうでいう「立たち」は、立たち合あいの最さい初しょのぶつかりを指さす。

  In sumo, 立ち refers to the first clash at the tachiai.

prefix

emphatic verb prefix; somewhat formal verb prefix

Bound prefix attached to verbs, often in established compounds such as 立ち去る and 立ち戻る. It can add force, immediacy, or a slightly formal tone, but the resulting compound should be learned as a whole.

• 彼かれは何なにも言いわずに部屋へやを立たち去さった。

  He left the room without saying anything.

• 原げん点てんに立たち戻もどって考かんがえよう。

  Let's return to the starting point and think it through.