荏じん苒ぜん

adverb taking the 'to' particle, taru-adjective, adverb

procrastinating; dillydallying; idling away time

Formal, literary term describing the act of wasting time or letting time slip by without progress. Often used with ～として or ～たる in classical or highly formal contexts. Rare in modern conversation.

• 荏じん苒ぜんとして日ひを過すごす。

  Spend days idly, letting time slip away.

• 荏じん苒ぜんたる歳さい月げつ。

  The years that have passed in vain.