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跡白浪 (atoshiranami) Japanese meaning: wake of a ship | Kotomora

跡あと白しら浪なみ

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Meanings

1

wake of a ship

rare term

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.

2

vanishing without a trace

poetical termrare term

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.

Kanji

跡tracks, mark, print
白white
浪wandering, waves, billows
波waves, billows, Poland

Related words

航こう跡せき
Standard term for a ship's wake, used in nautical contexts.
跡あと形かたもなく
Common expression for 'without a trace', used for disappearances.

Written forms

跡あと白しら浪なみ
Rare kanji spelling; 白浪 is an older variant of 白波.
跡あと白しら波なみ
Rare kanji spelling; the more common form of 白波 is used here.

Etymology

Compound of 跡 (ato, 'trace, mark') and 白浪/白波 (shiranami, 'white waves'). The literal image is of the white wake left by a ship, which then metaphorically extends to disappearing without a trace.