蘆ろ荻てき

noun

reeds; reed and silver grass

Literary or poetic term for reeds and similar waterside grasses, especially in classical Chinese-influenced contexts. Rare in everyday Japanese.

• 漢かん詩しには蘆ろ荻てきの描びょう写しゃがよく出でてくる。

  Descriptions of reeds and silver grass often appear in classical Chinese poetry.

• 「蘆ろ荻てき」は、現げん代だいではほとんど使つかわれない雅が語ごだ。

  蘆荻 is an elegant word that is hardly used in modern times.