孤こ弱じゃく

noun, na-adjective

young orphan

Archaic noun referring to a child who has lost their parents and is alone.

• 古こ文もん書じょには、戦せん乱らんで孤こ弱じゃくとなった子こらの記き録ろくが残のこる。

  Old documents record children who became young orphans due to war.

noun, na-adjective

being alone and weak; helpless solitude

Archaic noun or adjectival noun describing a state of being isolated, powerless, and without refuge.

• 孤こ弱じゃくの身みでは、世よを渡わたるのも難むずかしかろう。

  In a state of helpless solitude, it must have been difficult to get by in the world.