凱がい風ふう

noun

southerly wind

A classical, literary term for a wind blowing from the south, often with a gentle, warm connotation. Not used in everyday weather reports; modern Japanese would use 南風 (みなみかぜ/なんぷう).

• 漢かん詩しに「凱がい風ふう」という言こと葉ばがよく出でてくる。

  The word 凱風 often appears in classical Chinese poetry.