狷けん介かい孤こ高こう

noun, na-adjective

stubborn and aloof; proudly independent

Describes a person who is obstinate in their own ways and keeps a proud distance from others, often with a nuance of noble isolation. A yojijukugo used in literary or formal contexts.

• 彼かれは狷けん介かい孤こ高こうな態たい度どで、誰だれとも打うち解とけようとしなかった。

  With a stubborn and aloof attitude, he made no effort to get close to anyone.

• 狷けん介かい孤こ高こうの精せい神しんは、時ときに芸げい術じゅつ家かの孤こ独どくな生いき方かたに例たとえられる。

  The spirit of proud independence is sometimes likened to the solitary life of an artist.