早さ蕨わらび

noun

freshly budded bracken

A seasonal word (kigo) for spring, referring to young bracken shoots just emerging from the ground. Often used in haiku and traditional poetry.

See also: 蕨

• 早さ蕨わらびが顔かおを出だすと、山やまにも春はるが来きたと感かんじる。

  When the young bracken shoots appear, I feel that spring has come to the mountains.

• 俳はい句くでは「早さ蕨わらび」は春はるの季き語ごとしてよく詠よまれる。

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