Scope: An English rendering of Katakamuna Uta 22, separated into transliteration, controlled literal gloss, and interpretive English.
Japanese Source Text
ア メ オ キ ミ ツ コ モ コロ シマ ア マ ツ ア キ ツ ネ
ツ ク シ シマ オ ホ ト ヤ シマ
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The source authority for this translation is the published Japanese entry for Katakamuna Uta 22. 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 Oki Mitsu Komo Koro Shima — Amatsu Akitsu Ne — Tsukushi Shima — Oho Toyashima
Literal Gloss
The gathered fire-water placed in heaven’s depth encloses itself and becomes an island. A root of the bright heavenly harbor stands, and heavenly water opens as light at the shore of the land. Tsukushi Shima is built and the great gate of the eight islands opens.
Interpretive English
Uta 22 unfolds the central harmony of Futo Yamato into islands and an eight-directional land. A condensed fire-water core is held within the island-form and linked to the bright root of the heavenly shore. This is a TENMON structural interpretation, not a claim of historical etymology.
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.