Scope: An English rendering of Katakamuna Uta 16, separated into transliteration, controlled literal gloss, and interpretive English.
Japanese Source Text
アメノ サッチ クニ ノ サッチ アメノ サキ リ クニ ノ サキ リ
アメノ クラト クニ ノ クラト オホト マト ヒコ オホト マト ヒメ
トリノ イハ クス フネ オホ ケツ ヒメ
Source Authority and Review Boundary
The source authority for this translation is the published Japanese entry for Katakamuna Uta 16. 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.
Publication boundary: this page does not reproduce private research archives or the full text of rights-unverified modern materials. Historical, linguistic, and comparative statements retain the certainty limits of the Japanese authority.
Review disclosure: linguistically reviewed by TENMON AI under owner authorization; it is not represented as human-reviewed.
Transliteration
Ame no Sacchi — Kuni no Sacchi — Ame no Sakiri — Kuni no Sakiri — Ame no Kurato — Kuni no Kurato — Ohoto Mato Hiko — Ohoto Mato Hime — Tori no Iwa Kusu Fune — Oho Ketsu Hime
Literal Gloss
Bird carries vital energy, rock stabilizes place, wood is joined, and the vessel carries fire-water across. The great food-water principle receives, nourishes, and releases. Blessings of heaven and land are distributed; their divisions establish boundaries, storehouse-gates open and close, and masculine fire and feminine water stand at the great central gate and target.
Interpretive English
Uta 16 gives the formed land operational functions: movement, support, conveyance, nourishment, distribution, boundaries, storage, and a central gate. The paired fire-water language and deity names remain within the Japanese interpretive authority; no external linguistic identity is claimed.
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.