NichiDict

釘付け

くぎづけ
釘づけくぎ付けクギ付け
[kugiduke]

Meanings

1.NounNoun・suruTransitive

nailing on; nailing down; nailing shut; being glued (to); being unable to take one's eyes (from)

2.Noun

being stationary; being rooted to the spot; halting; freezing

3.NounNoun・suruTransitive

(price) pegging

Examples

目が釘付けになった。

Eyes were glued to it.

その絵に釘付けになって動けなかった。

Got so absorbed in the painting that I could not move.

子どもたちは魔法使いの演技に釘付けになっていた。

The children were glued to the magician's performance.