日ひ出いずる国くに

noun

Land of the Rising Sun

Poetic name for Japan, often used in formal or literary contexts. The phrase evokes the image of the sun rising from the east.

• 日ひ出いずる国くに、日本にほん。

  Japan, the Land of the Rising Sun.

• 彼かれは日ひ出いずる国くにから来きた使し者しゃだと名な乗のった。

  He introduced himself as an envoy from the Land of the Rising Sun.