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.
山笑う季節になると、里にも活気が戻る。
When the season of the laughing mountain arrives, the village comes back to life.
俳句で「山笑う」は春の季語として使われる。
In haiku, 'yamawarau' is used as a spring seasonal word.