虎落笛

Japanese

Kanji in this term
虎	落	笛
もがり		ふえ > ぶえ Grade: 3
Grade: S	Grade: 3
jukujikun		kun’yomi

Etymology

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

Noun

虎落(もがり)笛(ぶえ) • (mogaribue) 

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

Hypernyms

• エオルス音(おん) (eorusuon, “aeolian sound”)

Related terms

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