noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
profound loneliness; deep solitude
A formal, literary term for a deep, often poetic sense of loneliness or solitude. Not used in everyday conversation.
彼の詩には孤愁が漂っている。
His poetry is filled with a sense of profound loneliness.
孤愁の念にかられる。
I am seized by a feeling of deep solitude.