Translation guide
Describes speech, movement, or progress that is hesitant, broken, or stopping and starting.
To describe speech that is not smooth, with pauses, stuttering, or uncertainty.
To be at a loss for words, to stumble over words.
緊張して言葉に詰まった。
I got nervous and my speech became halting.
Broken, intermittent; used for speech that comes in fits and starts.
To describe physical movement or progress that is jerky, hesitant, or stopping and starting.
An i-adjective meaning faltering or halting, often used for speech or language skills.
彼の英語はたどたどしかった。
His English was halting.
途切れ途切れの声で話した。
He spoke in a halting voice.
Awkward, clumsy, lacking smoothness; used for movements or actions.
彼の歩き方はぎこちなかった。
His walk was halting.
Slowly, sluggishly; often implies a halting pace.
車がノロノロと進んだ。
The car moved forward at a halting pace.
Stagnant, stalled; used for progress that is halting or not moving smoothly.
交渉は停滞したままだった。
The negotiations remained halting.