水みず煙けむり

noun

mist over water; spray

Refers to the mist, spray, or haze that rises from a body of water, such as a waterfall, river, or lake. Often used in poetic or descriptive contexts.

• 滝たきの水みず煙けむりが虹にじを作つくっていた。

  The spray from the waterfall was creating a rainbow.

• 朝あさの湖こ面めんから立たちのぼる水みず煙けむりが美うつくしい。

  The mist rising from the lake surface in the morning is beautiful.

noun

suien; pagoda finial ornament

Only with reading すいえん

Architectural term for a decorative element on a pagoda finial, consisting of four metal plates joined at right angles. Restricted to the reading すいえん.

• 五重塔ごじゅうのとうの相そう輪りんには水すい煙えんが取とり付つけられている。

  A suien is attached to the finial of the five-story pagoda.