小さ夜よ時雨しぐれ

noun

light night shower in late autumn or early winter

A poetic seasonal word (kigo) for haiku and traditional poetry, describing a brief, gentle rain that falls at night during the transition from autumn to winter. Not used in everyday conversation.

• 小さ夜よ時雨しぐれに濡ぬれる紅葉もみじが美うつくしい。

  The autumn leaves wet with a light night shower are beautiful.

• この句くの季き語ごは「小さ夜よ時雨しぐれ」です。

  The seasonal word in this haiku is 'sayoshigure'.