松しょう籟らい

noun

sound of wind through pine trees; soughing of pines

A poetic, literary word evoking the rustling or sighing of wind in pine trees. Rare in everyday speech.

• 松しょう籟らいが聞きこえる静しずかな山やま寺でらに泊とまった。

  I stayed at a quiet mountain temple where I could hear the wind through the pines.

noun

sound of a boiling kettle (metaphorical)

Metaphorical use comparing the sound of a boiling tea kettle to wind in pines. Very rare and literary.

• 茶ちゃ釜がまの湯ゆがたぎる音おとを、古こ人じんは松しょう籟らいにたとえた。

  People long ago likened the sound of a boiling tea kettle to the wind in the pines.