佇

たたず · tatazu

JLPT N1

Meaning

To stand still, to stop, to linger, to loiter

Examples

• 彼は駅のホームで一人、電車を待って佇んでいた。 — He stood alone on the station platform, waiting for the train.
• 古い寺の庭に佇むと、心が落ち着く。 — When I stand still in the garden of an old temple, my mind calms down.
• 雨上がりの街角に、傘をさして佇む人がいた。 — There was a person standing still with an umbrella on the street corner after the rain.