歔きょ欷き

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

sobbing; weeping

Literary or classical term for audible crying or sobbing. Rare in modern everyday speech; may appear in older literature or poetic contexts.

• 彼かの女じょは声こえを上あげて歔きょ欷きした。

  She sobbed aloud.

• 古ふるい小しょう説せつには、登とう場じょう人じん物ぶつが歔きょ欷きする場ば面めんがよく出でてくる。

  In old novels, scenes where characters sob often appear.