低てい回かい

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

pacing back and forth in deep thought; pondering while wandering

Literary word describing someone walking slowly back and forth while lost in contemplation. Often used in poetic or reflective contexts.

• 彼かれは庭にわを低てい回かいしながら、人じん生せいの意い味みについて考かんがえていた。

  He was pacing back and forth in the garden, pondering the meaning of life.

• 詩し人じんは湖こ畔はんを低てい回かいし、美うつくしい詩しを紡つむぎ出だした。

  The poet wandered along the lakeshore deep in thought and wove a beautiful poem.