風かざ花ばな

noun

flurry of snow in a clear sky

Describes light snowflakes dancing in the air on an otherwise clear day, often in late winter or early spring. A poetic seasonal word (kigo) for spring.

• 青あお空ぞらに風かざ花ばなが舞まう、春はるの訪おとずれを感かんじさせる風ふう景けいだ。

  Flurries of snow dancing in the blue sky—a scene that heralds the arrival of spring.

noun

winter wind bringing scattered snow or rain

Refers to the cold wind itself that carries occasional snowflakes or raindrops, often in mountain regions. Less common than sense 1.

• 風かざ花ばなが吹ふきすさぶ山やま道みちを、黙もく々もくと歩あるいた。

  I walked silently along the mountain path where a wind carrying flurries of snow was blowing.

noun

skin eruptions from cold or fever

Archaic or dialectal term for rashes or hives caused by cold weather or illness. Cross-referenced with 風ほろし. Not used in modern standard Japanese.

See also: 風ほろし

• 昔むかしの人ひとは、風邪かぜによる発ほっ疹しんを「風かざ花ばな」と呼よんだらしい。

  It seems that people long ago called rashes from a cold 'kazabana'.