金きん烏う

noun

Sun

Archaic literary term for the sun, derived from the Chinese legend of a golden crow (or three-legged crow) dwelling in the sun. Not used in modern everyday Japanese; encountered only in classical poetry or historical texts.

• 古ふるい和わ歌かに「金きん烏う西にしに傾かたむく」という表ひょう現げんが見みられる。

  In old waka poetry, one finds the expression 'the golden crow inclines to the west' (meaning the sun sets).