noun
withering of the grass; autumn
A poetic or literary term for the season when grasses wither, often used in haiku and traditional Japanese poetry to evoke late autumn.
草枯れの野を一人歩く。
I walk alone through the fields of withered grass.
俳句で「草枯れ」は冬の季語として使われることもある。
In haiku, 'kusagare' is sometimes used as a winter season word.