天てん籟らい

noun

sound of wind; music of nature

Literary term for the sound of wind, often with poetic or aesthetic connotations. Rare in modern everyday language.

• 松まつ林ばやしに吹ふく風かぜが天てん籟らいを奏かなでる。

  The wind blowing through the pine grove plays the music of nature.

noun

beautiful poetry; exquisite verse

Extended literary use: poetry so beautiful it seems like a natural sound. Very rare; found mainly in classical or highly stylized writing.

• 彼かれの詠よんだ歌うたはまさに天てん籟らいのようだ。

  The poem he composed is truly like a heavenly strain.