軒けん昂こう

taru-adjective, adverb taking the 'to' particle

high-spirited; in high spirits

Literary taru-adjective/adverb; almost always appears in the fixed expression 意気軒昂 (いきけんこう), meaning 'in high spirits' or 'full of vigor'. Rarely used independently.

See also: 意気軒昂

• 彼かれは意い気き軒けん昂こうとして新あらたな事じ業ぎょうに乗のり出だした。

  He embarked on a new venture in high spirits.

• 「軒けん昂こう」は「意い気き軒けん昂こう」という成せい句くの中なかで使つかわれることがほとんどだ。

  軒昂 is almost always used within the set phrase 意気軒昂.