悼とう惜せき

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

mourning; grieving

Rare, formal literary term for mourning or grieving over a loss, especially a death. Used mainly in written Japanese or solemn contexts.

• 彼かれは友ゆう人じんの死しを悼とう惜せきして、長ながい追つい悼とう文ぶんを書かいた。

  He mourned his friend's death and wrote a long eulogy.