also: あまぐも
noun
clouds in the sky
Archaic poetic word for clouds, especially in classical Japanese poetry and literature. Not used in modern everyday speech.
万葉集には「天雲の向伏す極み」という表現がある。
In the Man'yōshū, there is the expression 'to the farthest reaches where the clouds in the sky lie low'.
Modern standard word for 'cloud'. 天雲 is an archaic, poetic variant.
Compound of 天 (ama, 'sky, heavens') and 雲 (kumo, 'cloud'). The rendaku reading あまぐも is a common voicing phenomenon in compounds.