鴻こう雁がん

noun

wild geese; large and small geese

Poetic term for wild geese, often used in classical literature. Literally refers to both large and small geese.

• 秋あきの空そらに鴻こう雁がんの群むれが渡わたっていく。

  A flock of wild geese is migrating across the autumn sky.

• この和わ歌かでは鴻こう雁がんが旅たびの寂さびしさを象しょう徴ちょうしている。

  In this waka poem, the wild geese symbolize the loneliness of travel.