adjectival noun or quasi-adjective, noun

  1. solemn, sublime, grand, magnificent, impressive.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
荘厳 そうごん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

villa, inn, cottage
ソウ チャン ショウ (Early High School, N1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
robust, manhood, prosperity
ソウ さかん つよし (Early High School, N1)
half of tree trunk, rad. no. 90
gentleman, scholar, samurai
シ さむらい お (5th, N1)
stern, strictness, severity
きび.しい ゲン いつくし (6th, N1)
precipice, rocky or dangerous mountain
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
daring, brave, bold
カン あ.えて (Late Jr. High, N1)
under, underneath, below
カ ゲ した
ear
みみ ジ がみ (1st, N3)
strike, hit, folding chair radical variant (no. 66)
ホク (Kentei 1)
person, (人 variant)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)