落ちはしないかという恐怖で彼は立ちすくんだ。

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English Translation

Fear of falling caused him to freeze.

Furigana

落(お)ちはしないかという恐怖(きょうふ)で彼(かれ)は立(た)ちすくんだ。

Romanji

Ochi wa shinai ka toiu kyōfu de kare wa tachisukunda.

Words

落ち (おち、オチ)

slip; omission; outcome; final result; the end; punch line (of a joke)

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

恐怖 (きょうふ、くふ)

fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare; panic

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

立ち竦む (たちすくむ)

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