expression
towering summer clouds; clouds resembling mountain peaks
A poetic seasonal phrase (kigo) for summer, evoking cumulonimbus clouds that build up like mountains. Used in haiku and literary descriptions.
夏の空に雲の峰がそびえていた。
Towering summer clouds rose in the summer sky.
この俳句では雲の峰が夏の季語として使われている。
In this haiku, 'cloud peaks' is used as a summer seasonal word.
入道雲 is a more common, everyday term for towering cumulus clouds, while 雲の峰 is a poetic, literary expression often used in haiku.
Compound of 雲 (cloud) + の (possessive particle) + 峰 (peak). Literally 'cloud peaks', describing the mountain-like shape of summer cumulonimbus clouds.