三さん秋しゅうの思おもい

noun

longing for loved ones

Literary expression evoking the deep yearning felt during the long autumn nights, often for distant family or friends. Rare in modern conversation; mainly found in poetry or classical prose.

• 三さん秋しゅうの思おもいにふける夜よる、月つきを見み上あげて故こ郷きょうをしのんだ。

  On a night lost in longing for loved ones, I gazed at the moon and yearned for my hometown.