せせらぐ

yodan verb with 'gu' ending (archaic), intransitive verb

babble; murmur

Archaic intransitive verb describing the gentle sound of a shallow stream flowing over stones. Modern Japanese normally uses せせらぎ (noun) or さらさらと流れる.

• 古ふるい和わ歌かでは、小お川がわがせせらぐ様よう子すを詠よむことがある。

  In old waka poems, one sometimes composes about a brook babbling.