noun
Poetic or elegant term for snow, often used in literature, waka, or refined contexts. Can also be a female given name.
深雪の降り積もる山里は、静寂に包まれていた。
The mountain village, where deep snow was falling and piling up, was wrapped in silence.
noun
deep snow (poetic)
Only when written 深雪
Specifically refers to deep snow when written as 深雪. The kanji 深 (deep) and 雪 (snow) make the meaning explicit. Poetic register.
深雪に足を取られながら、彼は峠を越えた。
Struggling through the deep snow, he crossed the mountain pass.
The reading みゆき is a combination of the honorific prefix み (御) and ゆき (雪, snow). The kanji 深雪 literally means 'deep snow' and is an example of jukujikun (a kanji compound assigned to a native Japanese word).