這ふ葛の

Old Japanese

Etymology

Literally “creeping kudzu of...”

Phrase

這ふ葛の (papu kuzu no₂) (kana はふくずの)

1. long and stretching kudzu tendrils, allusion to いや遠長く (iya to₂ponagaku, “revered far and long”), 後もあふ (no₂ti mo apu, “to meet later”), or 絶𛀁ず (tayezu, “unbreaking”)