八重霞

Japanese

Kanji in this term
八	重	霞
や Grade: 1	え Grade: 3	かすみ > がすみ Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Etymology

Literally eight layered mist, 八重(やえ) (yae, “many layered, eight layered”) + 霞(がすみ) (gasumi, “mist, haze”)

Noun

八(や)重(え)霞(がすみ) • (yaegasumi) ^{←やへがすみ (yafegasumi)?}

1. many-layered mist, a spring 季語 (kigo, “seasonal word”)

Proper noun

八(や)重(え)霞(がすみ) • (Yaegasumi) 

1. the name of a 地歌 (jiuta, “shamisen piece”)