Illustration: Beside a narrow neighborhood canal, a person stands quietly beneath a willow, hands resting loosely at their sides. Their feet are close together, their shoulders relaxed, and their gaze rests on ripples around a drifting leaf.

たたずむ

tatazumu

to stand still, to linger

Example sentences

彼女かのじょは髪かみを風かぜになびかせて、たたずんでいた。
She stood still with her hair flying in the wind.
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男おとこは門もんの陰かげに佇たたずみ、その家いえをじっと見みつめていた。
A man stood behind the gate gazing at the house.
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彼女かのじょは城しろの廃墟はいきょの中なかにたたずんでいた。
She was standing amid the ruins of the castle.
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