天あま雲くも

noun

clouds in the sky

Archaic poetic word for clouds, especially in classical Japanese poetry and literature. Not used in modern everyday speech.

• 万まん葉よう集しゅうには「天あま雲くもの向むき伏ふす極きわみ」という表ひょう現げんがある。

  In the Man'yōshū, there is the expression 'to the farthest reaches where the clouds in the sky lie low'.