煢けい然ぜん

taru-adjective, adverb taking the 'to' particle

alone and helpless

Archaic literary word describing a solitary, forlorn state. Used in classical Chinese-influenced Japanese prose.

• 彼かれは異い郷きょうの地ちで煢けい然ぜんとして暮くらしていた。

  He lived alone and helpless in a foreign land.