造ぞう次じ顛てん沛ぱい

noun

a moment; a brief instant

A rare literary yojijukugo meaning a very short time or a fleeting moment. It is not used in everyday conversation and appears mainly in classical or highly formal written contexts.

• 「造ぞう次じ顛沛てんぱい」は、ほんのわずかな時じ間かんを表あらわす古ふるい四よ字じ熟じゅく語ごだ。

  「造次顛沛」 is an old four-character idiom that means a very brief moment.