Scope: An English rendering of Katakamuna Uta 09, separated into transliteration, controlled literal gloss, and interpretive English.
Japanese Source Text
ア メ ノ ト コ タ チ ク ニ ト コ タ チ アメ クニカ
ソコ ソキ タチ カタ カムナ マノ トキ トコロ トコ タチ
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The source authority for this translation is the published Japanese entry for Katakamuna Uta 09. Its canonical text, structural analysis, and evidence labels govern any discrepancy. This English rendering preserves the transliteration, literal gloss, and interpretive layer separately; it does not expand the Japanese authority’s claims.
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Transliteration
Ame no Tokotachi — Kuni Tokotachi — Ame Kuni Ka — Soko Soki Tachi — Katakamuna — Ma no Toki Tokoro Tokotachi
Literal Gloss
Heavenly fire-water stands as Ame no Tokotachi, and earthly fire-water as Kuni Tokotachi. Heaven and land are joined through fire; foundational energy rises from the deepest base. Katakamuna gains pillars of heaven, earth, and depth, while central time and place become firmly established.
Interpretive English
Uta 09 stabilizes the branching life-field by establishing the enduring stands of heaven and land, joining them, raising the deep foundation, and fixing central time and place. The interpretation translates the Japanese cosmological structure without promoting its sound comparisons into historical fact.
Evidence Boundary
This English edition preserves the Japanese source’s distinction between canonical text, structural observation, TENMON interpretation, comparison, and unverified hypothesis. Sound correspondences are not presented as proof of historical etymology.