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レンズ雲 (レンズぐも) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

レンズ雲ぐも

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Meanings

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noun

lenticular cloud

A lens-shaped cloud formation, often seen near mountains. Technical term used in meteorology.

富ふ士じ山さんの上じょう空くうにレンズ雲ぐもが現あらわれた。
A lenticular cloud appeared above Mt. Fuji.

Kanji

雲cloud

Similar words

吊つるし雲ぐも
吊るし雲 is a more colloquial term for the same phenomenon, literally 'hanging cloud', while レンズ雲 is the formal meteorological term.

Etymology

Compound of レンズ (renzu, 'lens') and 雲 (kumo, 'cloud'), describing the lens-like shape of the cloud formation.