山やま笑わらう

expression

mountain in spring when buds open all at once; laughing mountain

Poetic seasonal phrase (kigo) for spring, personifying the mountain as smiling when fresh green leaves emerge simultaneously. Used in haiku and literary contexts.

• 山やま笑わらう季き節せつになると、里さとにも活かっ気きが戻もどる。

  When the season of the laughing mountain arrives, the village comes back to life.

• 俳はい句くで「山やま笑わらう」は春はるの季き語ごとして使つかわれる。

  In haiku, 'yamawarau' is used as a spring seasonal word.