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立ち止まる (tachidomaru) Japanese meaning: stop | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N3 › Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation 立ち止まる · godan verb (-ru)
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 立た ち 止ど まる 立た ち 止ど まらない Polite 立た ち 止ど まります 立た ち 止ど まりません Past polite 立た ち 止ど まりました 立た ち 止ど まりませんでした Past 立た ち 止ど まった 立た ち 止ど まらなかった Te-form 立た ち 止ど まって 立た ち 止ど まらないで Desire 立た ち 止ど まりたい 立た ち 止ど まりたくない Potential 立た ち 止ど まれる 立た ち 止ど まれない Passive 立た ち 止ど まられる 立た ち 止ど まられない Causative 立た ち 止ど まらせる 立た ち 止ど まらせない Causative passive 立た ち 止ど まらせられる also 立た ち 止ど まらされる 立た ち 止ど まらせられない also 立た ち 止ど まらされない Volitional 立た ち 止ど まろう Polite volitional 立た ち 止ど まりましょう Imperative 立た ち 止ど まれ 立た ち 止ど まるな Conditional 立た ち 止ど まれば 立た ち 止ど まらなければ Tara conditional 立た ち 止ど まったら 立た ち 止ど まらなかったら
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止ど
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後うし
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返かえ
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He suddenly stopped and looked back.
While walking and thinking, I found myself standing still without realizing it.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 で 立た ち 止ど まる to stop (walking) at a place
He stopped at the intersection.
ふと 立た ち 止ど まる to suddenly stop (in one's tracks)
I suddenly stopped and looked up at the sky.
立た ち 止ど まって 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to stop and then do something
I paused and thought about my life from here on.
思おも わず 立た ち 止ど まる to stop unintentionally / without meaning to
I stopped without meaning to, struck by the beautiful scenery.
Related words 止まる is the general verb for anything coming to a stop (cars, machines, clocks), while 立ち止まる specifically describes a person halting their steps while walking.
立ち尽くす emphasizes standing motionless for a long time (often out of shock or despair), whereas 立ち止まる is just the brief act of halting one's steps.
立ち止まる means to stop walking or moving, often just for a moment, while 佇む implies remaining in one place for a while with a quiet, reflective mood.
Don't confuse with 立ち往生 means being stuck and unable to move (like a stalled car in snow), while 立ち止まる is a voluntary, usually brief, halt in one's steps.
立ち止まる means to stop walking and stand still, while 立ち寄る means to drop by a place briefly; the two share the 立ち- prefix but differ completely in meaning.
立ち止まる (to stop and stand still) looks similar to 立ち去る (to leave) because both start with 立ち, but they describe opposite actions.
Etymology Compound of 立ち (the continuative form of 立つ 'to stand') + 止まる ('to stop'). The reading たちどまる is a standard rendaku form.
Usage 23%
立た ち 止どま る Usage 4%
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たちどまる Usage 2%
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