立たち消ぎえ

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

going out before burning completely; dying out (of fire)

Refers to a fire, flame, or cigarette going out on its own before it has finished burning. Often used in the phrase 立ち消えになる.

キャンプファイヤーが雨あめで立たち消ぎえになった。
The campfire went out in the rain before it could burn down.
ろうそくの火ひが風かぜで立たち消ぎえした。
The candle flame was extinguished by the wind before it could burn out.

noun

fizzling out; falling through; dying away

Used figuratively for plans, projects, rumors, or trends that lose momentum and disappear without a clear conclusion. Often appears as 立ち消えになる.

その計けい画かくは予よ算さん不ぶ足そくで立たち消ぎえになった。
The plan fizzled out due to a lack of budget.
うわさはすぐに立たち消ぎえになった。
The rumor quickly died away.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉が立たち消ぎえになるfor a fire or flame to go out on its own before burning out completely
たばこの火ひが立たち消ぎえになった。
The cigarette went out on its own before it burned all the way down.
〈事こと〉が立たち消ぎえになるfor a plan, project, or rumor to fizzle out and quietly disappear
その計けい画かくは資し金きん不ぶ足そくで立たち消ぎえになった。
The project quietly fell through due to lack of funding.

Kanji

立stand up, rise, set up
消extinguish, blow out, turn off

Related words

消きえるN5sense 1
消える is the general verb for a flame going out or something disappearing, while 立ち消え is a noun that stresses a fire dying out before it burns through completely.
頓とん挫ざ sense 2
頓挫 describes a plan hitting a sudden obstacle and stalling, whereas 立ち消え suggests a plan quietly fading away without any dramatic setback.
流ながれるN4sense 2
流れる is the everyday colloquial verb for a plan or event falling through, while 立ち消え is a more formal noun for the same kind of quiet disappearance.
沙さ汰た止やみ sense 2
沙汰止み is an old-fashioned, literary term for a matter being dropped, while 立ち消え is the more common modern word for a plan fizzling out.
中ちゅう止しN4sense 2
中止 is a deliberate, formal cancellation decided by someone, while 立ち消え implies a plan just naturally faded away with no clear decision.

Don't confuse with

立たち往おう生じょうN1
立ち往生 means getting stuck or stranded partway through something, while 立ち消え means a fire or plan dying out and disappearing, not getting stuck.

Written forms

立たち消ぎえUsage98%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
立たち消ぎえUsage2%
Less common variant; the okurigana is shortened.

Etymology

Compound of 立ち (the continuative form of 立つ 'to stand, rise') + 消え (the continuative form of 消える 'to disappear, go out'). Literally 'standing and disappearing', it originally described a flame that goes out while still standing (i.e., before burning down), and later extended to figurative uses.