髐骨ぎょうこつ

noun

dry bones; skeleton

Archaic term for dried bones or a skeleton, found in classical texts. Not used in modern Japanese.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんに「髐骨」という語ごが見みられる。

  The word 髐骨 appears in old documents.

noun

wasting away

Archaic sense referring to emaciation or wasting away, likely from classical Chinese usage. Extremely rare.

• 「髐骨」は、古ふるくは痩やせ衰おとろえる意い味みでも使つかわれた。

  In ancient times, 髐骨 was also used to mean wasting away.