初はつ鴬うぐいす

noun

first Japanese bush warbler song of the year

A seasonal word (kigo) for early spring, referring to the first song of the Japanese bush warbler (uguisu) heard in the new year.

• 今年ことしの初はつ鴬うぐいすを聞きいて、春はるの訪おとずれを感かんじた。

  Hearing the first bush warbler song of the year, I felt the arrival of spring.