expression, Godan verb

  1. to become hard and fibrous, to go to seed, to have passed one's prime, to have lost the first bloom of one's youth.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
薹が立つ とうがたつ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

seed pod
タイ とう あぶらな (Kentei 1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
stand, counter for vehicles
ダイ うてな われ (Kentei 1)
good luck, joy, congratulations
よし キチ キツ (8th, N1)
gentleman, scholar, samurai
シ さむらい お (4th, N1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
climax, arrive, proceed
シ いた.る のぶ (6th, N1)
the fore-arm(厷) variant
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ リツ たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)