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立ち会い (たちあい, tachiai) Japanese meaning: presence | Kotomora

立たち会あい

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Common word›Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

presence; observation; witnessing

Refers to being present to observe or verify something, such as a contract signing, inspection, or event. Often used in formal or official contexts.

契けい約やくの際さいには

、

弁べん

護ご

士し

の

立た

ち

会あ

い

が

必ひつ

要よう

です

。

A lawyer's presence is required at the time of contract signing.

警けい察さつ官かんの立たち会あいのもとで、現げん場ば検けん証しょうが行おこなわれた。

The on-site inspection was conducted in the presence of a police officer.

2

trading session

stock market›

Stock market term for a trading session at an exchange.

東とう京きょう証しょう券けん取とり引ひき所じょの立たち会あいは午ご前ぜんと午ご後ごに分わかれている。
The trading sessions at the Tokyo Stock Exchange are divided into morning and afternoon.

3

initial charge; face-off

Only when written 立ち合い

Sumo term for the moment when wrestlers rise from a crouch and charge at each other. The spelling 立ち合い is especially common for this sense.

横よこ綱づなの立たち合あいは圧あっ倒とう的てきな迫はく力りょくがある。
The yokozuna's initial charge is overwhelmingly powerful.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉の立たち会あいのもとでunder the observation/witness of someone
弁べん護ご士しの立たち会あいのもとで契けい約やく書しょに署しょ名めいした。
We signed the contract in the presence of a lawyer as witness.
立たち会あいが始はじまるfor a trading session to begin
午ご前ぜんの立たち会あいが始はじまった。
The morning trading session has begun.
立たち会あいに勝かつto win the initial charge (in sumo)
力りき士しは立たち会あいに勝かち、一いっ気きに押おし出だした。
The wrestler won the initial charge and pushed his opponent out at once.
立たち会あいを求もとめるto request someone's presence as a witness
工こう事じの検けん査さに第だい三さん者しゃの立たち会あいを求もとめた。
They requested a third party's presence to witness the construction inspection.

Kanji

立stand up, rise, set up
会meeting, meet, party
合fit, suit, join

Related words

同どう席せき sense 1
同席 means simply being present together at the same seat or occasion, whereas 立会い implies a formal role of observing or verifying something.
傍ぼう聴ちょうN1sense 1
傍聴 refers specifically to attending and listening to a proceeding like a trial, while 立会い covers a broader range of official witnessing situations.
立たち
立ち合い is the full sumo term for the initial charge, and 立ち is the same thing shortened in casual sumo talk.
臨りん場じょう
立会い stresses being present as a witness to an event or procedure, while 臨場 focuses on the act of arriving at and being present at a location officially.

Don't confuse with

立たち会あい人にん sense 1
立会人 is the person who is present as a witness, while 立会い is the act or state of being present.
立たち退のき
立ち会い (attending/witnessing, e.g. at a signing) looks similar to 立ち退き but has an unrelated meaning of being present as a witness.

Word family

立たち会あい出しゅっ産さん
childbirth with the father present; delivery with family members present
立たち会あい分ぶん娩べん
childbirth with partner present; delivery with husband present

Written forms

立たち会あいUsage23%
Very common spelling with okurigana; used broadly across senses.
立たち会あいUsage28%
Abbreviated spelling often seen in stock market contexts.
立たち会あいUsage24%
Common kanji spelling, especially in legal and business contexts.
立たち合あいUsage22%

Etymology

Compound of 立ち (tachi, continuative form of 立つ 'to stand') + 会い (ai, continuative form of 会う 'to meet'). Literally 'standing and meeting', referring to being present at an event or facing off.

Preferred spelling for the sumo sense (initial charge).

立たち合あいUsage3%

search-only kanji form

Search-only variant; rarely used in practice.