トウが立つ

とうがたつ

Also written とうが立つ, 薹が立つ

Meanings

1. Expression, Godan verb to go to seed; to become hard and fibrous
2. to have passed one's prime; to have lost the first bloom of one's youth

Kanji

• 立 stand. Read as たつ.

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