Japanese citations of

Noun: “a cloud edit

  • 905914, Kokin Wakashū (book 17, poem 882)
    (あま)(がは)(くも)のみをにてはやければ(ひかり)とどめず(つき)ぞながるる
    amanogawa kumo no mio ni te hayakereba hikari todomezu tsuki zo nagaruru
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  • 雲 説文云:「雲出川出氣也。」王分反。[和名:久毛
    Cloud - according to Shuowen, clouds form when air comes out from rivers. (Chinese fanqie: 王分; Japanese name: kumo).

Old Japanese citations of

Noun: “a cloud edit

  • 711–712, Kojiki, (poem 20):
    佐韋賀波用久毛多知和多理宇泥備夜麻許能波佐夜芸奴加是布加牟登須
    Sawigapa yo1 kumo1 tatiwatari Unebi2-yama ko2no2pa sayagi1nu kaze pukamu to2 su
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  • 711–712, Kojiki, (poem 21):
    宇泥備夜麻比流波久毛登韋由布佐禮婆加是布加牟登曾許能波佐夜牙流
    Unebi2-yama pi1ru pa kumo1 to2 wi yupu sareba kaze pukamu to2 so2 ko2no2pa sayage1ru
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  • c. 8th century, Tango-no-kuni Fudoki (poem 1)
    等許余弊爾久母多智和多留美頭能睿能宇良志麻能古賀許等母知和多流
    to2ko2yo2pe1 ni kumo tatiwataru mi1du no2 ye no2 Urasima no2 ko1 ga ko2to2 motiwataru
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  • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 1, poem 18:
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    三輪山乎然毛隠賀谷裳情有南畝可苦佐布倍思哉
    Mi1wa-yama wo sika mo kakusu ka kumo dani mo ko2ko2ro2 aranamo kakusapu be2si ya
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Noun: “smoke during cremation edit

  • 720, Nihon Shoki, (poem 116):
    伊磨紀那屢乎武例我禹杯爾倶謨娜尼母旨屢倶之多多婆那爾柯那皚柯武
    Imaki2 naru mure ga upe2 ni kumo dani mo siruku si tataba nani ka nage2kamu
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