而じ立りつ

noun

age 30; turning 30

Literary term from the Confucian Analects (論語), where Confucius said he 'stood firm' at thirty. Used in classical or poetic contexts to refer to the age of thirty.

• 彼かれは而じ立りつを迎むかえ、新あらたな決けつ意いを固かためた。

  He turned thirty and renewed his determination.

• 論ろん語ごの「三さん十じゅうにして立たつ」から、三さん十じゅっ歳さいを而じ立りつという。

  From the Analects' 'At thirty, I stood firm,' age thirty is called 而立.