中なかつ国くに

noun

Japan (mythological); the Central Land of Reed Plains

Abbreviation of 葦原の中つ国 (Ashihara no Nakatsukuni), a mythological name for Japan in the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki. Used in contexts of Japanese mythology and Shinto.

See also: 葦原の中つ国

• 古こ事じ記きでは、中なかつ国くには葦あし原はらの中なかつ国くにとも呼よばれる。

  In the Kojiki, Nakatsukuni is also called Ashihara no Nakatsukuni.