冬ふゆ隣どなり

noun

late autumn feeling like winter is near

A poetic seasonal word (kigo) used in haiku and literary contexts to evoke the chill and bareness of late autumn when winter seems just around the corner.

• 冬ふゆ隣どなりの夕ゆう暮ぐれ、木こ枯がらしが身みにしみる。

  In the late autumn dusk, with winter just around the corner, the cold wind cuts to the bone.

• 季き語ご「冬ふゆ隣どなり」は、冬ふゆの到とう来らいを感かんじさせる晩ばん秋しゅうの情じょう景けいを詠よむのに使つかわれる。

  The seasonal word 'fuyudonari' is used to compose scenes of late autumn that herald the coming of winter.