天つ風

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	風
あま Grade: 1	かぜ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Derived from 天(あま) (ama, “sky, heavens”) + つ (tsu, Old Japanese possessive particle) + 風(かぜ) (kaze, “wind”).

Noun

天(あま)つ風(かぜ) • (ama tsu kaze) 

1. wind blowing from the heavens
   • 905, Kokin Wakashū (book 17, poem 872; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 12)

     天(あま)つ風(かぜ)雲(くも)の通(かよ)ひ路(ぢ)吹(ふ)き閉(と)ぢよをとめの姿(すがた)しばしとどめむ

     ama tsu kaze kumo no kayoiji fuki toji yo otome no sugata shibashi todomen

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   • 1205, Shin Kokin Wakashū (book 18, poem 1723), text here

     天(あま)つ風(かぜ)吹飯(ふけひ)の浦(うら)にゐる鶴(たづ)のなどか雲(くも)居(ゐ)にかへらざるべき

     ama tsu kaze Fukei-no-ura ni iru tazu no nado ka kumoi ni kaerazaru beki

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Derived terms

• 天(あま)津(つ)風(かぜ) (Amatsukaze)