direction in which affairs appear to be developing; portent / look of the clouds; forecast of the weather

a cloud (visible mass of water droplets or other related material suspended in the air) / something spreading over like clouds in the sky / something clouded, foggy, or gloomy / the sky, heavens

蜘蛛海星, 蜘蛛人手, 蛇尾: a brittle star

true account

a brittle star

Rare spelling of 蜘蛛海星 (“brittle star”).

hiding or vanishing behind the clouds, said of, for example, the moon / a disappearance, going into hiding / the death of a person of great importance, such as a nobleman

to disappear, go into hiding

an unnumbered chapter in The Tale of Genji at the end of 幻 (Maboroshi, chapter 41), where the death of the protagonist Hikaru Genji can be implied

gathering clouds / (meteorology) altocumulus