たちおうじょう – Vocabulary details

たちおうじょう

Noun

Verb (する)

1. being brought to a standstill; being stranded; getting stuck; stalling; deadlock

2. being stumped; being in a dilemma; stopping in one's tracks; standing speechless

3. dying while standing (and remaining standing); dying on one's feet

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うじょう

departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal

passing on to the next life; death; giving up a struggle; submission; being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed

situation in which one can move neither forward nor backward; (lit.) Benkei's last stand

トムの車くるまは雪ゆきでたちおうじょうしていた。

Tom's car got stuck in the snow.

踏ふみ切きりでトラックがたちおうじょうしてしまった。

A truck got stuck on the railway crossing.

彼かれらは交こう通つう渋じゅう滞たいで何なん時じ間かんもたちおうじょうした。

They were stuck for hours in a traffic jam.

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