noun
mountain clouds; clouds over the mountains
Refers to clouds that form around or over mountains, often used in poetic or descriptive contexts.
朝、山雲が谷を覆っていた。
In the morning, mountain clouds covered the valley.
noun
mountains and clouds
Only with reading さんうん
Archaic reading さんうん; refers to mountains and clouds as a scenic pair, found in classical poetry or old texts.
古い和歌には「山雲」をさんうんと読んで山と雲の景色を詠んだものがある。
In old waka poems, 山雲 is read as さんうん and describes scenery of mountains and clouds.
Compound of 山 (mountain) and 雲 (cloud). The reading やまぐも is the standard kun'yomi compound; さんうん is an archaic on'yomi reading.