枯こ木ぼく寒かん巌がん

expression, noun

withered trees and frozen rocks; aloof and unapproachable person

A yojijukugo describing a bleak winter landscape, figuratively used for someone who is cold, stern, and difficult to approach.

• 彼かれは枯こ木ぼく寒かん巌がんのような人ひとで、なかなか心こころを開ひらかない。

  He is like a withered tree and frozen rock, and rarely opens up.

• 枯こ木ぼく寒かん巌がんの景色けしきが広ひろがる冬ふゆ山やまを一人ひとりで歩あるいた。

  I walked alone through the winter mountains, where the scenery of withered trees and frozen rocks stretched out.