凝ぎょう然ぜん

adverb taking the 'to' particle, taru-adjective

stock-still; motionless; frozen in place

Literary or formal expression describing a state of being completely still, often due to shock, awe, or intense focus. Used with と (凝然と) or in the たる form (凝然たる).

• その知しらせを聞きいて、彼かれは凝ぎょう然ぜんと立たち尽つくした。

  Hearing the news, he stood stock-still.

• 凝ぎょう然ぜんたる態たい度どで、彼かの女じょはじっと前まえを見みつめていた。

  With a motionless demeanor, she stared fixedly ahead.