Scope: An English rendering of Katakamuna Uta 31, separated into transliteration, controlled literal gloss, and interpretive English.
Japanese Source Text
カタ カムナ オホ トノチ カムミ ムスヒ イモ オホ トノヘ マクミ ワク タマ
イモ カラミ マクミ トノヘシ カタ カムナ サカキ メクリ ノ
カム ヤタ マリ オモ タル ヌシ シツ マリヌ クニ ヌシ
Source Authority and Review Boundary
The source authority for this translation is the published Japanese entry for Katakamuna Uta 31. 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
Katakamuna — Oho Tonochi — Kamumi Musuhi — Imo Oho Tonohe — Makumi Waku Tama — Imo Karami — Makumi Tono Heshi — Katakamuna — Sakaki Mekuri no — Kamu Yata Mari — Omo Taru Nushi — Shizumari Nu — Kuni Nushi
Literal Gloss
Katakamuna is set within the inner ground of the great hall. Latent water-body becomes Musuhi while receptive water encloses the outer boundary. A spirit-core separates from the coiling water-body; receptive water entwines and acts outward. Katakamuna raises a boundary and circulation like Sakaki, rounds the eight-directional latent cores, and settles the fulfilled lord as lord of the land.
Interpretive English
Uta 31 orders the inner and outer structures of the great hall, differentiates a spirit-core within coiling receptive water, and settles the circulating eight-directional field under Kuni Nushi. This is a TENMON structural reading, not an etymological or historical proof.
Evidence Boundary
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