炳へい乎こ

taru-adjective, adverb taking the 'to' particle

bright; shining; clear; evident

Obsolete literary term used in classical Chinese-influenced writing. Describes something vividly bright, shining, or clearly evident. Modern Japanese would use 明らか or 鮮明 instead.

• 古ふるい漢かん文ぶんでは、「炳へい乎ことして明あきらかなり」のように使つかわれた。

  In old kanbun texts, it was used like 'bright and clear as day'.