godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
be soldierly; be martial
Rare literary verb describing a person or manner as having a military or martial air; not used in everyday conversation.
彼の物言いはどこか武張っている。
His way of speaking has something of a martial air about it.
Rare kanji spelling; the word itself is uncommon and literary.
Kana spelling is more practical for this rare word.
Compound of 武 (bu, 'military') and 張る (haru, 'to stretch, to show off'), with rendaku voicing. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word suggests putting on a martial front.