草くさ枯がれ

noun

withering of the grass; autumn

A poetic or literary term for the season when grasses wither, often used in haiku and traditional Japanese poetry to evoke late autumn.

• 草くさ枯がれの野のを一人ひとり歩あるく。

  I walk alone through the fields of withered grass.

• 俳はい句くで「草くさ枯がれ」は冬ふゆの季き語ごとして使つかわれることもある。

  In haiku, 'kusagare' is sometimes used as a winter season word.