立ちすくむ – vocab dash

立たちすくむ

Meanings

Godan verb

Intransitive verb

1. to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)

Other spellings

立たち竦すくむ

Kanji used

Kanji in other spellings

Pitch accent

たちすくむ

Examples8

落おちはしないかという恐きょう怖ふで彼かれは立たちすくんだ。

Fear of falling caused him to freeze.

トムは恐きょう怖ふのあまり立たちすくんだ。

Tom was paralyzed with terror.

サミは恐きょう怖ふのあまり立たちすくんだ。

Sami was paralyzed by fear.

ヤニーは恐きょう怖ふのあまり立たちすくんだ。

Yanni was paralyzed by fear.

メアリーは恐きょう怖ふのあまり立たちすくんだ。

Mary was paralyzed with fear.

子こ供どもは恐きょう怖ふのあまり立たちすくんだ。

The child was paralyzed with fear.