noun
gently floating clouds
Literary word evoking clouds drifting at leisure, often with a poetic or tranquil nuance. Not used in everyday conversation.
山の上に閑雲がたなびいている。
Gently floating clouds trail over the mountain.
Compound of 閑 (kan, 'leisure, calm') and 雲 (un, 'cloud'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of leisurely drifting clouds.