虎落笛

Japanese

Kanji in this term
虎	落	笛
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Etymology

Compound of 虎落 (mogari, “a type of bamboo fence”) +‎ 笛 (fue, “flute”). The fue reading for 笛 changes to bue due to rendaku (連濁).

Noun

虎落笛 (hiragana もがりぶえ, rōmaji mogaribue)

winter wind blowing through a bamboo fence, making a flute-like noise

Related terms

虎落 (もがり) (mogari): a fence made of bamboo tied together with rope

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