立りっ錐すい

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

setting a drill bit; standing an awl

Rare standalone noun; almost always encountered in the idiomatic phrase 立錐の余地もない (no room to stick an awl; extremely crowded). The literal meaning is 'standing an awl' or 'setting a drill bit upright'.

See also: 立錐の余地もない

• 「立りっ錐すいの余よ地ちもない」とは、人ひとがぎっしり詰つまっていて、錐きりを立たてる隙すき間まさえないことを表あらわす。

  The phrase 立錐の余地もない means that people are packed so tightly there isn't even room to stand an awl.