たちおうじょう
Meanings
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
Pitch accent
ちお
うじょう
Composed of
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
Used in vocabulary (1 in total)
situation in which one can move neither forward nor backward; (lit.) Benkei's last stand
Examples (4 in total)
Tom's car got stuck in the snow.
A truck got stuck on the railway crossing.
They were stuck for hours in a traffic jam.
The French teacher was stumped by her student's question.