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What does [雲行]{くもゆ}き mean? I looked this up on Google Translate, and it means
"turn of affairs" which makes no sense to me. I looked this up on Google
Images, and there are pictures of storm clouds.

My guess is that 雲行{くもゆ}き means storm clouds, but I'm not entirely sure.
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What does [雲行]{くもゆ}き mean?
As I could find out, 雲行き has two meanings:

>   1. Cloud drift, cloud movement  
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It can be clear from the very kanjis. Not necessarily storm clouds, but it's
also possible.  
  
And Google translate was right:

>   2. Turn of affairs / current situation
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Again, judging by kanjis, it seems to me that in this case "how things are
going" has the close meaning.
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雲行き means:  
① the direction of the clouds' move, and  
② the prospect of the development of an event.

"雲行き" is most often used in the way as 雲行きが[怪]{あや}しい (or [険]{けわ}しい), meaning
the thing (situation) looks (somewhat) precarious, for example:

> 彼と奥さんと、どうやら雲行きが怪しいようだ。  
>  The relationship between them (he and his wife) doesn’t seem to be going
> well.  
>  TPP交渉の雲行きが険しい。  
>  The prospect of concluding the TPP Agreement is thinning away.
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雲行き literally means the way clouds [行]{ゆ}く

道行き is an archaic word for itinerary.

東京行き means bound for Tokyo. Similarly, 地獄行き is bound for Hell. Their [行]{ゆ}き
parts are often pronounced as [行]{い}き in modern Japanese.

Hope you get some ideas on how 行き, a noun form of a verb [行]{ゆ}く "go," can be
used in Japanese.
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