愛での盛り

Old Japanese

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愛での盛り (me₂de no₂ sakari) (kana めでのさかり)

the height of love, utmost love
- c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 5, poem 894:
  神奈我良愛能盛爾天下奏多麻比志家子等撰多麻比天...
  ...kamunagara me₂de no₂ sakari ni ame₂ no₂ sita mawositamapi₁ si ipe₁ no₂ ko₁ to₂ erabi₁-tamapi₁te...
  ...with the utmost of love, as the goddess [Amaterasu] spoke under the heavens, and chose with her children...