閑かん雲うん野や鶴かく

noun

free and unhurried life away from the world

A yojijukugo describing a life of leisure and freedom, like a drifting cloud or a wild crane, untroubled by worldly affairs. Often used in literary or poetic contexts.

• 退たい職しょく後ごは閑かん雲うん野や鶴かくの生せい活かつを送おくりたい。

  After retirement, I want to live a free and unhurried life away from the world.

• 彼かれは都と会かいを離はなれ、閑かん雲うん野や鶴かくの境きょう地ちを楽たのしんでいる。

  He left the city and is enjoying a state of mind like a drifting cloud and wild crane.