霾ばい

noun

loess; yellow sand; dust from the Yellow River region

Refers to wind-borne yellow dust, especially from arid regions of China. In modern Japanese, 黄砂 (こうさ) is the usual term; 霾 is a rare, literary, or technical synonym.

See also: 黄砂 (こうさ)

• 古こ典てんでは「霾ばい」という字じが黄こう砂さを指さすことがある。

  In classical texts, the character 霾 sometimes refers to yellow sand.

• 春はるになると、ばいが飛ひ来らいして空そらがかすむ。

  In spring, loess blows in and the sky becomes hazy.