蹣まん跚さん

taru-adjective, adverb taking the 'to' particle

staggering; reeling; tottering

Literary or classical word describing an unsteady, swaying walk, often used in set phrases like 酔歩蹣跚 (drunken staggering).

See also: 酔歩蹣跚

• 彼かれは酔よって蹣まん跚さんたる足あし取どりで家いえに帰かえった。

  He went home with a staggering gait, drunk.

• 老ろう人じんは蹣まん跚さんとして道みちを歩あるいていた。

  The old man was tottering along the road.