mountain lush with summer greenery; overflowing mountain
A poetic seasonal phrase (kigo) for late spring to summer, describing a mountain covered in abundant fresh greenery, as if dripping with life. Often used in haiku and traditional poetry. Compare with 山笑う (spring) and 山眠る (winter).
山滴る季節になると、新緑がまぶしい。
When the season of the overflowing mountain arrives, the fresh greenery is dazzling.
俳句で「山滴る」は初夏の季語として使わ
In haiku, 'yamashitatru' is used as a seasonal word for early summer.
A summer seasonal expression derived from the description 夏山蒼翠而如滴, “summer mountains are blue-green as though dripping,” in the Chinese painting treatise 林泉高致.