天てん涯がい孤こ独どく

noun

completely alone in the world; without a single relative

A yojijukugo describing a person who has no family or relatives left, often with a sense of isolation. Used in literary or emotional contexts.

• 彼かれは天てん涯がい孤こ独どくの身みの上うえだ。

  He is completely alone in the world, with no family.

• 天てん涯がい孤こ独どくの老ろう人じんが静しずかに暮くらしていた。

  An elderly person without a single relative was living quietly.