noun
call of a wild goose
Poetic or literary term for the cry of a wild goose, often associated with autumn and travel in classical poetry.
雁が音を聞いて秋の深まりを感じた。
Hearing the call of the wild geese, I felt the deepening of autumn.
noun
lesser white-fronted goose; wild goose
Refers to the bird itself, especially Anser erythropus. Usually written in kana in modern usage.
カリガネは日本に冬鳥として渡来する。
The lesser white-fronted goose migrates to Japan as a winter bird.
noun
high-grade kukicha; twig tea from gyokuro
A type of Japanese green tea made from the stems and twigs of high-quality tea plants, especially gyokuro. Also called 茎茶 (kukicha).
玉露の雁が音は、茎の部分だけを使った高級なほうじ茶です。
Gyokuro karigane is a high-grade roasted tea made only from the stems.
Variant with small ヶ.
Variant with large ケ.
Katakana spelling often used for the bird species; Sense 2 is usually written in kana.
Literally 'goose's cry'. The kanji 雁 means 'wild goose', and が音 is a phonetic rendering of 'cry'. The tea sense likely derives from the resemblance of the twigs to goose calls or the bird itself, but the exact origin is uncertain.