直立(ちょくりつ)

ちょくりつ
noun / verb-suru
standing upright, standing erect
1. standing upright, standing erect
Standing perfectly straight and vertical. Used for people standing at attention, trees growing straight, or anything positioned vertically.
兵士(へいし)が直立(ちょくりつ)して敬礼(けいれい)した。
The soldier stood at attention and saluted.
直立(ちょくりつ)不動(ふどう)の姿勢(しせい)で待(ま)っていた。
He was waiting standing rigidly at attention.
人類(じんるい)が直立(ちょくりつ)二足歩行(にそくほこう)を始(はじ)めたのは、数百万年(すうひゃくまんねん)前(まえ)のことだ。
Humans began upright bipedal walking several million years ago.

USAGE:
Often used in the set phrase 直立(ちょくりつ)不動(ふどう) (standing rigidly at attention), which describes a military-style posture of standing perfectly still and upright. Also commonly used in scientific contexts when discussing human evolution and bipedal locomotion.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 直立(ちょくりつ)不動(ふどう): standing rigidly at attention
  • 直立(ちょくりつ)二足歩行(にそくほこう): upright bipedal walking
  • 直立(ちょくりつ)姿勢(しせい): upright posture
  • 直立(ちょくりつ)する: to stand upright
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