山やま眠ねむる

expression

mountain in winter; sleeping mountain

Poetic seasonal phrase (kigo) for winter, personifying a mountain as sleeping under snow or stillness. Often used in haiku and other poetry. Compare with 山笑う (spring mountain) and other seasonal mountain expressions.

See also: 山笑う

• 冬ふゆの季き語ご「山やま眠ねむる」は、雪ゆきに覆おおわれた静しずかな山やまの姿すがたを詠よむ。

  The winter kigo 'yama nemuru' evokes the quiet figure of a mountain covered in snow.