屹きつ然ぜん

adverb taking the 'to' particle, taru-adjective

towering; lofty

Archaic literary use describing something that rises high and stands out imposingly, often of mountains or cliffs.

• その山やまは屹きつ然ぜんとしてそびえ立たっていた。

  The mountain towered loftily.

adverb taking the 'to' particle, taru-adjective

standing out alone; in splendid isolation

Describes a person or thing that is prominent and independent, unaffected by others. Rare and literary.

• 彼かれは周しゅう囲いに流ながされず、屹きつ然ぜんとして自じ分ぶんの道みちを進すすんだ。

  He stood out alone, following his own path without being swayed by others.