noun
changeable weather; fickle weather
Refers to weather that shifts unpredictably, like a fox's cunning nature. Often used in literary or poetic contexts.
今日は狐日和で、晴れたと思ったら急に雨が降り出した。
Today is fickle weather—just when I thought it was sunny, it suddenly started raining.
日和 means 'weather' or 'fine weather', often used in compounds like 狐日和 or 小春日和. 狐日和 specifically adds the nuance of unpredictability.
Compound of 狐 (kitsune, 'fox') and 日和 (biyori, 'weather'). The fox is associated with trickery and changeability in Japanese folklore, giving the sense of unpredictable weather.