欷き歔きょ

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

sobbing; weeping

Obsolete literary term for audible crying or sobbing. In modern Japanese, すすり泣き or 嗚咽 are more common.

• 古こ典てんでは、悲かなしみに暮くれて欷き歔きょする場ば面めんが描えがかれる。

  In classical literature, scenes of sobbing in grief are depicted.