雲うん気き

noun

clouds; look of the sky; movement of clouds

Refers to clouds, the appearance of the sky, or the way clouds move. A somewhat literary or descriptive term.

• 山やまの上うえから見みる雲うん気きは美うつくしい。

  The clouds seen from the mountaintop are beautiful.

noun

kabuki cloud prop

A prop used in kabuki theater to represent a cloud.

• 歌か舞ぶ伎きでは、雲うん気きを使つかって場ば面めん転てん換かんを表あらわすことがある。

  In kabuki, a cloud prop is sometimes used to indicate a scene change.

noun

strange mist for divination

A type of unusual mist appearing in the sky, historically used for divination purposes. Rare and archaic.

• 古こ代だい中ちゅう国ごくでは、雲うん気きを観かん察さつして吉きっ凶きょうを占うらなった。

  In ancient China, they observed strange mists to divine fortune.