taru-adjective, adverb taking the 'to' particle
trailing (clouds); thick; heavy
Literary, classical adjective describing clouds or mist that hang low and thick, often with a sense of trailing or spreading heavily. Used in the form 靉靆たる or 靉靆として.
taru-adjective, adverb taking the 'to' particle
Literary, classical use for a gloomy, overcast emotional state. Also used in the 靉靆たる/として pattern.
Archaic noun for eyeglasses, derived from the cloudiness of early lenses. Not used in modern Japanese; the standard word is 眼鏡 (めがね).
Thick, trailing clouds hung over the mountain peak.
His heart remained dark and gloomy, never clearing.
In the Edo period, the word 靉靆 referred to eyeglasses.
Rare literary kanji form; the word is almost never written this way in modern Japanese.
Variant kanji form; even rarer than 靉靆.
Borrowed from Chinese 靉靆, describing dense or trailing clouds. Its Japanese use for eyeglasses is a later transferred sense whose motivation is uncertain.