noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', taru-adjective, adverb taking the 'to' particle
lingering sound; trailing notes
Archaic yojijukugo describing a sound that hangs in the air after the source has stopped, especially the fading resonance of a bell. Rare in modern Japanese; the simpler 余韻 is the usual word.
鐘の音が余韻嫋々と響き渡った。
The sound of the bell lingered resonantly in the air.
The modern, common word for lingering sound or aftertaste. 余韻嫋々 is an archaic, literary four-character compound that intensifies the same idea.
A yojijukugo combining 余韻 (lingering sound) and 嫋々 (softly, gently, lingering). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it is a literary compound used in classical Japanese.