Scope: An English rendering of Katakamuna Uta 28, separated into transliteration, controlled literal gloss, and interpretive English.
Japanese Source Text
イ キ ノ ヒ ト ツ ネ イ ク ク ヒ ノ ツ チ カ ク ナ ツチ
イ ハ サク ネ サク イ ハ ツ ツ ヌ ヲ
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The source authority for this translation is the published Japanese entry for Katakamuna Uta 28. 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
Iki no Hitotsu Ne — Ikukuhi no Tsuchi — Kakuna Tsuchi — Iwa Saku Ne Saku — Iwa Tsutsu Nuo
Literal Gloss
One root of living breath passes through the depth of the layered land. Living fire is set into the soil like a stake; hidden earth holds generative power as earth-blood. Rock and root are split so inner fire-water can pass, and a masculine fire-axis penetrates the rock-earth conduit.
Interpretive English
Uta 28 opens an underground path through compressed land: one breath-root, living soil, hidden earth-force, split rock and root, and a fire-axis through the stone conduit. Tsuruki-like cutting is interpreted structurally, not as a historical linguistic claim.
Evidence Boundary
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