愛での盛り

Old Japanese

Kanji in this term
愛	盛
め Grade: 4	さか Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Etymology

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Noun

愛での盛り (me₂de no₂ sakari) (kana めでのさかり)

1. the height of love, utmost love
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 5, poem 894:

     神奈我良愛能盛爾天下奏多麻比志家子等撰多麻比天...

     ...kamunagara me₂de no₂ sakari ni ame₂ no₂ sita mawositamapi₁ si ipe₁ no₂ ko₁ to₂ erabi₁-tamapi₁te...

     ...with the utmost of love, as the goddess [Amaterasu] spoke under the heavens, and chose with her children...

Descendants

• Japanese: 愛での盛り (mede no sakari)