往おう者しゃ

noun

person going away; departing person

Literary or classical term for someone who is leaving or has left. Not used in casual conversation.

• 往おう者しゃを送おくり出だすときの古ふるい漢かん詩しの一いっ節せつを思おもい出だした。

  I recalled a line from an old Chinese poem about seeing off a departing person.

noun

the past; bygone days

Classical expression for past times or things that have passed. Often contrasted with 来者 (らいしゃ, 'the future' or 'those who come').

See also: 来者 (らいしゃ)

• 往おう者しゃを顧かえりみて来らい者しゃを知しる、という言こと葉ばがある。

  There is a saying: 'Look to the past to know the future.'