taru-adjective, adverb taking the 'to' particle
Describes lush, overgrown vegetation in a literary or classical style. Often used with たる or と in descriptive passages.
A dense forest spread out before my eyes.
taru-adjective, adverb taking the 'to' particle
Rare literary use for something or someone standing out or being widely known. Modern Japanese would more often use 有名 or 人気.
taru-adjective, adverb taking the 'to' particle
Describes a heavy, depressed atmosphere or mood. Literary and somewhat archaic; 鬱々 (うつうつ) is more common for a gloomy feeling.
His name was prominently known in the literary world at that time.
I spent the day in a gloomy mood.
The exact derivation is uncertain; the kanji 鬱 carries meanings of 'dense, gloomy, depressed', and 然 is a suffix forming adjectives/adverbs, giving a literary descriptive form.