春しゅん塵じん

noun

spring dust; blowing frost and snow in spring

A poetic, literary term for frost or snow particles blown by the spring wind, resembling dust. Rare in everyday speech; mainly encountered in classical or seasonal poetry.

• 春しゅん塵じんが舞まう野の原はらを歩あるいた。

  I walked across the field where spring dust was dancing in the wind.