冪べき冪べき

taru-adjective, adverb taking the 'to' particle

billowing; rising in clouds

Literary or poetic word describing clouds, dust, or smoke rising thickly. Often used with と (べきべきと). Rare in everyday speech.

• 砂さ塵じんがべきべきと舞まい上あがる。

  Dust billows up thickly.

• 山やまの向むこうに雲くもがべきべきと湧わき起おこる。

  Clouds billow up beyond the mountains.