霜そう露ろ

noun

frost and dew

Literary term for frost and dew, often evoking a poetic or classical image of nature.

• 古こ典てんでは、霜そう露ろが秋あきの風ふう物ぶつとして詠よまれることがある。

  In classical literature, frost and dew are sometimes composed as autumn scenery.

noun

something fleeting; something transient

Figurative use likening something to frost and dew that vanish quickly; very rare and mostly found in old or poetic contexts.

• 人じん生せいを霜そう露ろにたとえる表ひょう現げんは、古ふるい和わ歌かに見みられる。

  Expressions comparing life to frost and dew can be found in old waka poetry.