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Japanese
Etymology
The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb せせらぐ (seseragu, “of shallow water, to flow with a soft sound”), itself attested in the Ruiju Myōgishō (c. 12th century).[1] Ultimately onomatopoeia. Compare English susurration, Latin susurrus.
Pronunciation
Noun
せせらぎ • (seseragi)
- a small stream, brooklet
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- 雪どけ せせらぎ 丸木橋 落葉松の芽がふく北国の ああ北国の春
- yukidoke seseragi marukibashi karamatsu no me ga fuku kitaguni no ā kitaguni no haru
- Thawing snow, the small stream, and the log bridge. The larch-sprouts are budding up North, ah, spring in the North!
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- ああ川の流れのように いつまでも青いせせらぎを 聞きながら
- ā kawa no nagare no yō ni itsu made mo aoi seseragi o kikinagara
- Ah, like the flow of the river, while forever listening to the cerulean brook.
- the sound of such a stream
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- 小川のせせらぎが聞える なつかしさがしみとおる
- ogawa no seseragi ga kikoeru natsukashisa ga shimitōru
- Hearing the sound of the stream, piercing me with nostalgia.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN