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そびえ立つ

聳え立つ

Reading

Kana: そびえたつ
Romaji: sobietatsu
Kana
Romaji

Definition

v5t
1

to stand towering over the surrounds

Kanji

Readings: リツ、 リュウ、 リットル、 た.つ、 -た.つ、 た.ち-、 た.てる、 -た.てる、 た.て-、 たて-、 -た.て、 -だ.て、 -だ.てる
Meanings: stand up, rise, set up, erect
Readings: ショウ、 そび.える
Meanings: rise, tower

Example Sentence

周囲(しゅうい)のすべての建物(たてもの)(うえ)にそびえ()つオフィスビルが突然(とつぜん)出現(しゅつげん)することほど(まち)外見(がいけん)()えてしまうことはない。
➥Nothing can change the look of a city so dramatically as the sudden appearance of a block of offices which towers above all the surrounding buildings.
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