八や雲くもやくもFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000Meanings1nounthick clouds; many cloudsarchaicArchaic noun for a sky filled with many clouds, often used in classical poetry.古こ歌かに「八や雲くも立たつ出雲いずも八や重え垣がき」とある。An old poem says, 'Many clouds rise—Izumo's eightfold fence.'2nounclassical Japanese poetry; wakaarchaicArchaic metonymic use: 'thick clouds' came to refer to classical Japanese poetry, especially waka, through poetic association.See also: 和歌「八や雲くも」は和わ歌かを指さす古ふるい言こと葉ばと
