春しゅん愁しゅう

noun

spring melancholy; springtime sadness

Literary or poetic term for a vague, wistful sadness felt in spring. Not an everyday word; used in classical poetry, essays, or elevated prose.

• 春しゅん愁しゅうに沈しずむ夕ゆう暮ぐれ、花はなびらが散ちるのを眺ながめていた。

  In the evening, sunk in spring melancholy, I watched the petals fall.

• 彼かれの短たん歌かには春しゅん愁しゅうの情じょう感かんがよく表あらわれている。

  His tanka poems often express the sentiment of spring melancholy.