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停滞 (ていたい): stagnation, tie-up, congestion, retention — Japanese vocabulary

停滞 is read ていたい and means "stagnation, tie-up, congestion, retention". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

停滞

Reading
ていたい · teitai
Translation
stagnation, tie-up, congestion, retention
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
ていたいが

Example

その船は海岸を少し離れて停滞していた。

そのふねはかいがんをすこしはなれてていたいしていた。

The ship stopped a little way off the shore.

Kanji in this word

  • 停 — stop, halt
  • 滞 — stagnate, remain

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