霜しも枯がれ時どき

noun

bleak winter season

Rare literary term for the cold, desolate period when frost withers plants. Evokes a poetic, wintry scene.

• 霜しも枯がれ時どきの野の山やまは、もの悲がなしい風ふ情ぜいがある。

  The fields and hills in the bleak winter season have a melancholy atmosphere.

noun

off season; dead season; slack period

Rare figurative use for a period of inactivity or low demand, especially in business or seasonal work.

• この時じ期きは観かん光こう業ぎょうにとって霜しも枯がれ時どきだ。

  This period is the off season for the tourism industry.