空に満つ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
空	満
そら Grade: 1	み Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
空に滿つ (kyūjitai)

Etymology

See Old Japanese section below.

Adnominal

空(そら)に満(み)つ • (sora ni mitsu) 

1. allusion to 大和 (Yamato, a placename, especially Yamato Province)
   • 1799, Ei Fujisan Hyakushu Waka (poem 1)

     そらにみつ大和(やまと)島(しま)根(ね)にふたつなき宝(たから)となれる富士(ふじ)の柴山(しばやま)

     sora ni mitsu Yamato Shimane ni futatsu naki takara to nareru Fuji no shibayama

     Fuji's Shibayama, a unique treasure in sky-filled Yamato and Shimane.

Old Japanese

Etymology

Adapted by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro from そらみつ (so₁ra mi₁tu), adding a particle に for posterity.

Adnominal

空に満つ (so₁ra ni mi₁tu) (kana そらにみつ)

1. sky-spreading, an allusion to 大和 (Yamato₂, a placename, especially Yamato Province)
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 1, poem 29:
     , text here

     ...神之盡樛木乃弥継嗣爾天下所知食之乎天爾満倭乎置而青丹吉平山乎超何方御念食可...

     ...kami₂ no₂ ko₂to₂go₂to₂ tuga no₂ ki₂ no₂ iya tugi₁tugi₁ ni ame₂ no₂ sita sirasime₁sisi wo so₁ra ni mi₁tu Yamato₂ wo oki₁te awoni yo₂si Nara-yama wo ko₁ye ikasama ni omoposime₁se ka...

     ...all kami who have been born have ruled the realm under heaven, [...] each following each like generations of the spruce, in Yamato that spreads to the sky. What was in his mind that he would leave it and cross beyond the hills of Nara beautiful in blue earth?

Descendants

• Japanese: 空に満つ (sora ni mitsu)