無む東とう西ざい

noun

not knowing one's bearings; being disoriented

Rare literary or historical term for losing one's sense of direction or being unable to tell east from west.

• 山さん中ちゅうで道みちに迷まよい、無む東とう西ざいの状じょう態たいに陥おちいった。

  I lost my way in the mountains and fell into a state of not knowing my bearings.

noun

itinerant monk; pilgrim

Rare term for a wandering monk or pilgrim, possibly from the idea of traveling without a fixed direction.

• その無む東とう西ざいは諸しょ国こくを巡めぐり歩あるいた。