荒涼

See also: 荒凉

Chinese

out of practice; uncultivated cool; cold
trad. (荒涼)
simp. (荒凉)

Pronunciation


Adjective

荒涼

  1. bleak; desolate

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: S
りょう
Grade: S
on’yomi

Adjective

(こう)(りょう) • (kōryō) -tari (adnominal (こう)(りょう)とした (kōryō to shita) or (こう)(りょう)たる (kōryō taru), adverbial (こう)(りょう) (kōryō to) or (こう)(りょう)として (kōryō to shite))

  1. desolate, bleak
    • 1932, Motojirō Kajii, のんきな患者:
      ただ自分一人(じぶんひとり)荒涼(こうりょう)とした(よる)時間(じかん)のなかへ()(のこ)される
      tada jibun hitori ga kōryō to shita yoru no jikan no naka e torinokosareru
      oneself being the only one left alone in the desolate hours of night

References

  • 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
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