薹が立つ

Reading

Kana: とうがたつ
Romaji: tougatatsu
Kana
Romaji

Definition

exp
v5t
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

Kanji

Readings: タイ、 とう、 あぶらな
Meaning: seed pod
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