Why this word is great
KOGARASHI — [Noun] The cold, biting wind that strips the last leaves from the trees in early winter. From Japanese 木枯らし (kogarashi), literally 'tree-witherer', from 木 (ko, 'tree') + 枯らし (garashi, 'withering'). Unlike 'apricity' (which cherishes the sun’s winter warmth) or 'zephyr' (which whispers of gentle breezes), kogarashi is the wind’s merciless exhale, the season’s final verdict. It is the skeletal rattle of bare branches, the papery scrape of dead leaves skittering across pavement, the last crimson leaf torn from its twig and sent spiraling into the gutter—a reminder that decay, too, has its own relentless rhythm.