寒かん蛩きょう

noun

chirping of crickets in late autumn

Poetic term evoking the melancholy sound of crickets in the cold of late autumn. Rare in everyday speech; found in classical poetry and literary descriptions.

• 夜よが更ふけると、寒かん蛩きょうの声こえだけが静しずかに響ひびいていた。

  As the night deepened, only the chirping of late-autumn crickets quietly resounded.