石いしに枕まくらし流ながれに漱くちすすぐ

expression, godan verb (-gu)

live freely in the wilderness; sleep on a stone pillow and rinse one's mouth with river water

Idiomatic expression evoking a simple, untamed life in nature. The literal image of using a stone as a pillow and river water as mouthwash is often cited as a metaphor for rustic freedom.

• 彼かれは都と会かいを離はなれ、石いしに枕まくらし流ながれに漱くちすすぐ生せい活かつを選えらんだ。

  He left the city and chose a life of sleeping on a stone pillow and rinsing his mouth with river water.