八雲立つ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
八	雲	立
や Grade: 1	くも Grade: 2	た(つ) Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese, first attested in the Kojiki, the oldest extant historical record of ancient Japan, completed in 712 CE.

Derived from 八 (ya, “eight → many”) + 雲 (kumo, “cloud”) + 立つ (tatsu, “to rise, stand”).

Adnominal

八雲立(やくもた)つ • (ya kumo tatsu) 

1. many clouds rising, an allusion to 出雲 (Izumo, a placename, especially Izumo Province)

Usage notes

Some scholars interpret the allusion to 出づる雲 (izuru kumo, “layered clouds”) instead of 出雲 (Izumo).

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:八雲立つ.

Old Japanese

Etymology

Derived from 八 (ya, “eight → many”) + 雲 (kumo₁, “cloud”) + 立つ (tatu, “to rise, stand”).

Adnominal

八雲立つ (ya kumo₁ tatu) (kana やくもたつ)

1. many clouds rising, an allusion to 出雲 (Idumo₁, a placename, especially Izumo Province)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:八雲立つ.