遠えん逝せい

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

going afar; departing for a distant place

Literary or poetic expression for traveling far away, often with a sense of finality or solemnity.

• 彼かれは遠えん逝せいの旅たびに出でた。

  He set out on a journey to a far-off land.

• 遠えん逝せいする友ともを見み送おくる。

  I see off a friend who is going far away.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

death; passing away

Euphemistic or poetic term for death, likening it to a journey to a distant place. Used in formal or literary contexts.

• 祖そ父ふが遠えん逝せいしたとの知しらせを受うけた。

  I received news that my grandfather had passed away.