初はつ時雨しぐれ

noun

first winter rain; first rain of the cold season

Archaic seasonal word (kigo) for the first rain that falls between late autumn and early winter, often associated with haiku and classical poetry.

• 初はつ時雨しぐれ、古ふる池いけに落おちる音おとかな。

  The first winter rain — the sound of it falling into the old pond.