膝行いざり

noun

shuffling on one's knees; crawling on the ground

Describes moving while seated or kneeling, pulling oneself along with the hands or shuffling on the knees, often due to inability to walk.

• 彼かれは足あしをけがして、いざりで部屋へやの中なかを移い動どうした。

  He injured his leg and moved around the room by shuffling on his knees.

noun

cripple; person who cannot walk

Sensitive and now largely considered derogatory; used historically to refer to a person with a mobility impairment. Modern usage is rare and may be offensive.

• 昔むかしの文ぶん献けんでは「いざり」という言こと葉ばが身しん体たい障しょう害がい者しゃを指さして使つかわれていた。

  In old documents, the word 'izari' was used to refer to people with physical disabilities.