thin mist; light haze
Describes a faint, thin mist or haze, often in the morning or over a landscape. A poetic or literary term.
A thin mist hung over the lake in the morning.
山々が薄もやに包まれている。
The mountains are wrapped in a light haze.
Standard kanji spelling using 靄 (haze/mist).
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; common when 靄 is considered difficult or less familiar.
Compound of 薄 (usu, 'thin') + 靄 (moya, 'mist, haze'). The reading うすもや is a straightforward combination of the kun'yomi readings of the two kanji.