たつ

See also: だつ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of たつ – see the following entries.

【立つ】	[verb] to stand, to stand up, to rise [verb] to depart [verb] to close [verb] of something physical but not solid or liquid: to be released, to rise

【建つ】	[verb] be founded, be constructed; be built; go up

【発つ】	[verb] depart, such as on a train

【断つ】	[verb] to sever [verb] to end Alternative spellings 絶つ, 截つ

【経つ】	[verb] (time) to pass

【竜】S	[noun] (mythology) a Japanese dragon Alternative spelling 龍

【辰】J

[proper noun] the Dragon, the fifth of the twelve Earthly Branches

[noun] by extension from the zodiac:

[noun] the name of the year or day corresponding to the fifth in a cycle of twelve

[noun] roughly east-southeast, specifically 30° south of due east (i.e. a bearing of 120°)

[noun] the hour of the dragon, specifically 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM; sometimes treated as 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM instead

[noun] alternate name for 三月 (sangatsu, “the month of March”)

(This term, たつ (tatsu), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as たつ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as たつ.)