蕭しょう然ぜん

taru-adjective, adverb taking the 'to' particle

lonely; desolate; bleak

Formal, literary term describing a scene or feeling of emptiness and loneliness. Often used with と or たる.

• 冬ふゆの野の原はらは蕭しょう然ぜんとしていた。

  The winter field was desolate.