南みなみ東風ごち

noun

southeast wind; east wind inclining south

A traditional Japanese term for a wind blowing from the east-southeast direction. Rare in modern everyday conversation; mainly found in classical literature, poetry, or specialized meteorological contexts.

• 古こ典てん和わ歌かでは、南東みなみご風ちが春はるの訪おとずれを告つげる風かぜとして詠よまれることがある。

  In classical waka poetry, the southeast wind is sometimes composed about as a wind that heralds the arrival of spring.