一いち朶だ

noun

a branch of flowers; a cluster; a mass of clouds

Literary counter-like noun used for a single graceful branch of blossoms, a cluster of fruit, or a mass of clouds. Rare in everyday speech; mostly found in poetic or descriptive writing.

• 一いち朶だの桜さくらが机つくえの上うえの花か瓶びんに生いけてあった。

  A single branch of cherry blossoms was arranged in the vase on the desk.

• 空そらには一いち朶だの雲くももなかった。

  There wasn't a single cloud in the sky.