たたずむ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
佇む 彳む

Etymology

From Old Japanese. Compare 立たず (tatazu), archaic negative form of 立つ (tatsu, “to stand, to depart”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) たたずむ [tàtázúꜜmù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ta̠ta̠zɨmɯ̟]

Verb

たたずむ • (tatazumu) intransitive godan (stem たたずみ (tatazumi), past たたずんだ (tatazunda))

1. to stand still

   絶(ぜつ)望(ぼう)の淵(ふち)に佇(たたず)む

   zetsubō no fuchi ni tatazumu

   to wallow in a pit of despair

   (literally, “to stand still in an abyss of despair”)

Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	たたずま	tatazuma
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	たたずみ	tatazumi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	たたずむ	tatazumu
Rentaikei ("attributive")	たたずむ	tatazumu
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	たたずめ	tatazume
Meireikei ("imperative")	たたずめ	tatazume
Key constructions
Passive	たたずまれる	tatazumareru
Causative	たたずませる たたずます	tatazumaseru tatazumasu
Potential	たたずめる	tatazumeru
Volitional	たたずもう	tatazumō
Negative	たたずまない	tatazumanai
Negative continuative	たたずまず	tatazumazu
Formal	たたずみます	tatazumimasu
Perfective	たたずんだ	tatazunda
Conjunctive	たたずんで	tatazunde
Hypothetical conditional	たたずめば	tatazumeba

Conjugation of "たたずむ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN