挙きょ止し

noun

bearing; deportment

Formal, literary term for a person's manner, posture, and overall comportment. Rare in casual speech; more common synonyms include 態度 (たいど) or 振る舞い (ふるまい).

• 彼かれの挙きょ止しには気き品ひんが感かんじられた。

  His bearing had an air of elegance.

• 古ふるい小しょう説せつでは、登とう場じょう人じん物ぶつの挙きょ止しが細こまかく描びょう写しゃされる。

  In old novels, the characters' deportment is described in detail.