冬とう天てん

noun

winter sky; wintry weather

Refers to the cold, often clear or overcast sky of winter, or to wintry weather conditions. A somewhat literary or poetic term.

• 冬とう天てんの下もと、雪ゆきが静しずかに降ふり積つもる。

  Under the winter sky, the snow quietly piles up.

• 彼かれは冬とう天てんを見み上あげて、故こ郷きょうを思おもい出だした。

  He looked up at the winter sky and remembered his hometown.