遁とん竄ざん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

fleeing into hiding

Literary and archaic term for escaping and going into hiding. Rarely used in modern Japanese; more common expressions include 逃亡する or 身を隠す.

• 彼かれは追おっ手てを逃のがれて山さん中ちゅうに遯とん竄ざんした。

  He fled into the mountains to hide from his pursuers.