初はつ嵐あらし

noun

first strong wind of autumn

A seasonal word (kigo) in haiku and traditional poetry, referring to the first powerful wind that signals the arrival of autumn.

• 初はつ嵐あらしが吹ふいて、木この葉はが一いっ斉せいに散ちり始はじめた。

  The first autumn gale blew, and the leaves began to fall all at once.