倚い閭りょの望ぼう

expression, noun

a mother's longing for her child's return

A literary, classical expression evoking the image of a mother leaning against the village gate, waiting for her child. Rare in modern Japanese; mainly encountered in classical or poetic contexts. Compare 倚門の望.

See also: 倚門の望

• 「倚い閭りょの望ぼう」は、母ははが子この帰かえりを待まちわびる気き持もちを表あらわす故こ事じ成せい語ごだ。

  「倚閭の望」 is a classical idiom expressing a mother's anxious waiting for her child's return.