草くさ葉ばの陰かげ

expression, noun

under the sod; one's grave; the other world

Euphemistic fixed expression referring to the afterlife or a person's grave, often used when speaking of someone who has passed away. Conveys a poetic, somewhat old-fashioned tone.

• 彼かれも今いまは草くさ葉ばの陰かげで、この成せい功こうを見みることはできない。

  He is now under the sod and cannot see this success.

• 草くさ葉ばの陰かげで、亡なき友ともに報ほう告こくした。

  I reported to my departed friend in the other world.