確かく然ぜん

taru-adjective, adverb taking the 'to' particle

definite; positive; clear-cut

Literary or formal expression used to describe something that is unmistakably certain or decided. Often appears in the adverbial form 確然と.

• 彼かれの態たい度どは確かく然ぜんとしていた。

  His attitude was definite.

• 確かく然ぜんたる証しょう拠こがないと判はん断だんできない。

  We cannot judge without clear-cut evidence.