TENMON JITEN
Katakamuna Uta 29: Mikahi Shiki Shima
Scope: An English rendering of Katakamuna Uta 29, separated into transliteration, controlled literal gloss, and interpretive English.
Transliteration
Mikahi Shiki Shima — Hayahi Take Futsu — Katakamuna — Oho Waku Musuhi — Yata Shima
Literal Gloss
An island with a fire-water membrane is laid according to its pattern. Swift fire becomes a jointed, bamboo-like axis and cuts through condensation. Katakamuna re-enters the law of form and name; great differentiating Musuhi operates, and the islands open in eight directions.
Interpretive English
Uta 29 arranges the fire-water islands, cuts channels through them with swift articulated fire, reactivates Katakamuna, and expands the differentiated result as Yata Shima. The reading remains an interpretive model and does not claim proven word origins.
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.
Japanese Authority
Read the canonical Japanese entry for Uta 29.