深み雪ゆき

noun

snow (poetic)

Poetic or elegant term for snow, often used in literature, waka, or refined contexts. Can also be a female given name.

• 深み雪ゆきの降ふり積つもる山やま里ざとは、静せい寂じゃくに包つつまれていた。

  The mountain village, where deep snow was falling and piling up, was wrapped in silence.

noun

deep snow (poetic)

Only when written 深雪

Specifically refers to deep snow when written as 深雪. The kanji 深 (deep) and 雪 (snow) make the meaning explicit. Poetic register.

• 深み雪ゆきに足あしを取とられながら、彼かれは峠とうげを越こえた。

  Struggling through the deep snow, he crossed the mountain pass.