(adv) without anybody else or anything else, Syn. unaccompanied, solo, Example:the child stayed home alone; the pillar stood alone, supporting nothing; he flew solo
[しらごえ;しらこえ, shiragoe ; shirakoe] (n) (1) shrill voice; (2) (usu. 素声) (See 平曲) unaccompanied part of the Heike Monogatari chanting; (3) part of an unaccompanied poem (in noh)