我が立つ杣
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 我 | 立 | 杣 |
| わ Grade: 6 |
た Grade: 1 |
そま Hyōgai |
| kun'yomi | ||
Etymology
Literally the “wooded [mountain] where I stand”.
Noun
- (poetic) a mountain where the first-person speaker resides
- 1205, Shin Kokin Wakashū (book 20, poem 1920)
- 阿耨多羅三藐三菩提の仏たちわが立つ杣に冥加あらせたまへ
- anokutara sanmyaku sanbodai no hotoke-tachi waga tatsu soma ni myōga arasetamae
- O supreme, perfect, and enlightened buddhas, protect the mountain-woods where I stand!
- 阿耨多羅三藐三菩提の仏たちわが立つ杣に冥加あらせたまへ
- 1205, Shin Kokin Wakashū (book 20, poem 1920)
- (by extension, poetic) synonym of 比叡山 (Hiei-zan): Mount Hiei, where Saichō erected Enryaku-ji, the first Tendai monastery
- 1188, Senzai Wakashū (book 17, poem 1137; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 95)