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jmdict 1693390 Active (id: 2354236)
逆立てる
さかだてる
1. [v1,vt]
▶ to set on end (hair, fur, etc.)
▶ to make stand on end
▶ to bristle
▶ to ruffle (up)
▶ to raise (one's eyebrows)

Conjugations


History:
3. A 2025-12-12 23:43:47  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
gg5, prog, luminous
  Diff:
@@ -13,0 +14 @@
+<gloss>to make stand on end</gloss>
@@ -15 +15,0 @@
-<gloss>to make stand on end</gloss>
@@ -16,0 +17 @@
+<gloss>to raise (one's eyebrows)</gloss>
2. A 2025-12-12 11:03:25  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5: set on end; bristle (up); erect
中辞典: bristle 《its ruff》; ruffle up 《its feathers》
Eij: 毛髪を逆立てる〔人の〕 : make someone's hair stand on end
逆立て	22124
を逆立て	16612
  Comments:
Maybe this works.
  Diff:
@@ -14,0 +15 @@
+<gloss>to make stand on end</gloss>
1. A* 2025-12-11 19:00:24  Sombrero1
  Refs:
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=stand+here,stand+it+there,stand+it+on,stand+it+next+to,stand+next+to,stand+on+end,stand+my+hair+on+end&year_start=1800&year_end=2022&corpus=en&smoothing=3
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=stand+my+hair+on+end,set+my+hair+on+end,stand+his+hair+on+end,set+his+hair+on+end,stand+her+hair+on+end,set+her+hair+on&year_start=1800&year_end=2022&corpus=en&smoothing=3&case_insensitive=true

These ngrams are obviously not a perfect reference, but I think they convey the gist well enough.

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  Comments:
I'm fairly certain that transitive usage of "stand" is much less common than intransitive usage in modern English.
Given that I think it can just be replaced with GG5's first gloss, which seems clearer to me.
  Diff:
@@ -13 +13 @@
-<gloss>to stand on end (hair, fur)</gloss>
+<gloss>to set on end (hair, fur, etc.)</gloss>

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