鬱うっ結けつ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

pent-up feelings; depression; oppression of the heart

Literary term for a state of emotional stagnation where feelings are blocked and cannot be expressed, often implying a heavy, gloomy mood. Rare in everyday conversation; more common in classical or literary contexts.

• 彼かれの胸きょう中ちゅうには鬱うっ結けつした思おもいが渦うず巻まいていた。

  Pent-up feelings swirled in his heart.

• 長なが年ねんの鬱うっ結けつがついに爆ばく発はつした。

  Years of suppressed emotions finally burst out.