跡あと白しら浪なみ

noun

wake of a ship

Rare term for the wake left behind a vessel. The image is of white waves trailing behind.

• 船ふねの跡あと白しら浪なみが夕ゆう日ひに輝かがやいていた。

  The ship's wake sparkled in the evening sun.

noun

vanishing without a trace

Rare poetic term for disappearing completely, like a ship's wake that fades away. Often used metaphorically for someone going missing.

• 彼かれは跡あと白しら浪なみと消きえてしまった。

  He vanished without a trace.