滴したたり

noun

dripping; drop; trickle

General noun for liquid falling in drops or a thin stream; can refer to the act of dripping or the drops themselves.

• 蛇じゃ口ぐちから水みずの滴したたりが止とまらない。

  The dripping of water from the faucet won't stop.

• 葉はの先さきから雨あめの滴したたりが落おちている。

  Raindrops are dripping from the tips of the leaves.

noun

water trickling from moss, rocks, or cliffs in summer

Seasonal word (kigo) for summer, evoking the cool, refreshing sight or sound of water seeping from natural surfaces.

• 夏なつの山やま道みちで、苔こけむした岩いわからの滴したたりが涼すずしげだ。

  On a summer mountain path, the water trickling from mossy rocks looks refreshingly cool.