腕かい弛だるい

i-adjective

tired; weary; sluggish

Archaic adjective for physical fatigue or listlessness, especially in the arms or body. In modern Japanese, だるい is used instead.

• 昔むかしの文ぶんには「腕かい弛だるい」と書かいて「かいだるい」と読よませることがある。

  In old texts, 腕弛い is sometimes used to represent the reading かいだるい.