跋ばっ渉しょう

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

wandering; roaming; traveling on foot

Rare literary word for traveling or wandering, especially on foot over difficult terrain. In modern Japanese, 放浪 (ほうろう) or さすらい are more common for 'wandering'.

• 彼かれは若わかい頃ころ、諸しょ国こくを跋ばっ渉しょうしたという。

  They say that in his youth, he wandered through various provinces.