鬱うつ然ぜん

taru-adjective, adverb taking the 'to' particle

dense; thick (vegetation)

Describes lush, overgrown vegetation in a literary or classical style. Often used with たる or と in descriptive passages.

• 鬱うつ然ぜんたる森もりが目めの前まえに広ひろがっていた。

  A dense forest spread out before my eyes.

taru-adjective, adverb taking the 'to' particle

prominent; popular

Rare literary use for something or someone standing out or being widely known. Modern Japanese would more often use 有名 or 人気.

• 彼かれの名なは当とう時じ、文ぶん壇だんに鬱うつ然ぜんとして知しられていた。

  His name was prominently known in the literary world at that time.

taru-adjective, adverb taking the 'to' particle

gloomy (mood)

Describes a heavy, depressed atmosphere or mood. Literary and somewhat archaic; 鬱々 (うつうつ) is more common for a gloomy feeling.

• 鬱うつ然ぜんとした気き分ぶんで一いち日にちを過すごした。

  I spent the day in a gloomy mood.