noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', taru-adjective, adverb taking the 'to' particle
lingering sound; trailing notes
Archaic yojijukugo describing a sound that hangs in the air after the source has stopped, especially the fading resonance of a bell. Rare in modern Japanese; the simpler 余韻 is the usual word.
The sound of the bell lingered resonantly in the air.
Archaic yojijukugo; the kanji 嫋 is uncommon and may not display correctly on all systems.
Variant spelling using the repeated kanji instead of the iteration mark 々.
A yojijukugo combining 余韻 (lingering sound) and 嫋々 (softly, gently, lingering). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it is a literary compound used in classical Japanese.