草くさ枕まくら

noun

overnight stay while traveling; sleeping on the road

Classical and literary term for lodging during a journey, often with a rustic or poetic feel. Cross-referenced with 旅寝, a similar travel-lodging word.

See also: 旅寝

• 草くさ枕まくらの旅たびは、昔むかしの歌か人じんにとって風ふう流りゅうなものだった。

  For poets of old, a journey with overnight stays on the road was a refined experience.

noun

sleeping on grass outdoors; sleeping rough in a field

Literally sleeping on grass in an open field; a more concrete, rustic image. Rare in modern conversation, mostly found in classical poetry or literary descriptions.

• 野の原はらでの草くさ枕まくらは、虫むしの音ねだけが聞きこえる夜よるだった。

  Sleeping on the grass in the field, it was a night where only the sounds of insects could be heard.