笹ささ鳴なき

noun

twittering of a bush warbler (esp. in winter); tiny twittering

Refers specifically to the soft, subdued call of the Japanese bush warbler (uguisu), especially its winter chirping. Also used more generally for any faint, delicate bird-like twittering.

• 冬ふゆの朝あさ、庭にわから笹ささ鳴なきが聞きこえてきた。

  On a winter morning, I heard the tiny twittering of a bush warbler from the garden.

• まだ寒さむい時じ期きの鶯うぐいすの笹ささ鳴なきは、春はるを待まつ風ふ情ぜいがある。

  The bush warbler's winter twittering has a charm that makes one long for spring.