虎落笛もがりぶえ

noun

winter wind whistling through a bamboo fence

A poetic seasonal word (kigo) for winter, describing the sound of cold wind blowing through a bamboo fence or lattice, likened to a flute.

• 冬ふゆの夜よる、虎落笛もがりぶえが聞きこえてきた。

  On a winter night, I heard the wind whistling through the bamboo fence.

• この俳はい句くには虎落笛もがりぶえが詠よまれている。

  This haiku features the winter wind whistling through a bamboo fence.