TENMON JITEN
Katakamuna Uta 34: Amatsu Misora no
Scope: An English rendering of Katakamuna Uta 34, separated into transliteration, controlled literal gloss, and interpretive English.
Transliteration
Amatsu Misora no — Ame Hitotsu Hashira Sato — Oho Yamato Iyashiro Chi — Tani Kihiko — Akitsu no Iyashiro — Sube Shima Kasane — Oho Tamaru Wake — Oho Koto Oshio — Towa Chika — Futaya Hime
Literal Gloss
Heavenly water descends from the sacred sky to the settlement as one pillar. Great Yamato becomes sacred dwelling-ground; a child of vital fire stands in the valley and the bright shore becomes a sanctuary. Islands are layered and governed, the great spirit-core is rounded and divided, the great word-event presses outward like tide, and receptive water dwells near the enduring paired shelter.
Interpretive English
Uta 34 brings the insight of Iyashiro down as a single heavenly pillar, ordering valley, shore, islands, spirit-core, word-tide, and receptive dwelling within great Yamato. This is an interpretive translation, not historical-etymological proof.
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 34.