蕭しょう寥りょう

taru-adjective, adverb taking the 'to' particle

desolate; lonely; barren

Archaic literary word describing a bleak, empty, and lonely atmosphere, often of a landscape or scene. Used in classical Japanese and occasionally in modern literary or poetic contexts.

• 蕭しょう寥りょうたる冬ふゆの野の原はらを一人ひとり歩あるいた。

  I walked alone across the desolate winter field.

• 古ふる寺でらのあたりは蕭しょう寥りょうとして人ひと影かげもなかった。

  The area around the old temple was lonely and barren, with no sign of people.