空模様
Japanese
Kanji in this term | ||
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空 | 模 | 様 |
そら Grade: 1 | も Grade: 6 | よう Grade: 3 |
kun’yomi | on’yomi |
Etymology
Compound of 空 (“sky”) + 模様 (“state, condition”)
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) そらもよー [sòrámóꜜyòò] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
- IPA(key): [so̞ɾa̠mo̞jo̞ː]
Noun
空模様 • (soramoyō)
- look of the sky; weather
- 嵐の来そうな空模様だ
- arashi no kisō na soramoyō da
- It seems like the storm will come (judging by the look of the sky)
- 嵐の来そうな空模様だ
- development, progress, course (of events)
- 空模様が怪しい
- soramoyō ga ayashī
- (the course of events) is going toward a weird direction
- 空模様が怪しい
Usage notes
In both senses, this word is usually used in situations where the weather or the course of events will become undesirable.
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN