天橋立
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 天 | 橋 | 立 |
| あま Grade: 1 |
はし Grade: 3 |
た(て) > だ(て) Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi | ||
Etymology
[edit]Literally the “bridge standing towards heaven”.
Proper noun
[edit]天橋立 • (Amanohashidate)
- a sandbar in northern Kyoto overlooking the Sea of Japan
- 1124–27, Kin'yō Wakashū (book 9, poem 550), also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 60
- 大江山いく野の道の遠ければまだふみも見ず天の橋立
- Ōe-yama Ikuno no michi no tōkereba mada fumi mo mizu Amanohashidate
- Far away from Mount Ōe and the road of Ikuno (literally “go-field”), I have neither gone there nor seen any of her letters[―she might be in] the standing bridge of Heaven [Amanohashidate].
- 大江山いく野の道の遠ければまだふみも見ず天の橋立
- 1124–27, Kin'yō Wakashū (book 9, poem 550), also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 60
Derived terms
[edit]- 天橋立祭 (Amanohashidate Matsuri)
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