哀あい毀き骨こつ立りつ

noun

emaciation from grief

A yojijukugo describing extreme weight loss and physical decline due to deep sorrow, often from mourning a loved one. Literary and somewhat rare.

• 彼かの女じょは夫おっとを亡なくしてから哀あい毀き骨こつ立りつの様よう相そうを呈ていしている。

  Since losing her husband, she has taken on an appearance of emaciation from grief.