銀ぎん漢かんぎんかんMeanings1nounMilky WayLiterary, poetic term for the Milky Way. In modern Japanese, 天の川 (あまのがわ) is the common word.銀ぎん漢かんとは、夜よ空ぞらに横よこたわる星ほしの大たい河がの雅が称しょうである。銀漢 is an elegant name for the river of stars that stretches across the night sky.