taru-adjective, adverb taking the 'to' particle
Literary or formal adverb/adjective describing something that stretches on without interruption, often used for landscapes, time, or abstract continuity. Typically appears as 綿々と or 綿々たる.
The mountain range stretches on unbroken.
His story went on endlessly without finishing.
Standard kanji spelling using the repetition mark 々.
Alternate spelling without the repetition mark; less common but still used.
A reduplicated form of 綿, whose literary senses include “continuous” and “unbroken,” emphasizing uninterrupted continuation.