オノゴロ島じま

noun

Onogoro Island; Onokoro Island

In Japanese mythology, the first island created by Izanagi and Izanami from drops of water falling from the heavenly jeweled spear (天の瓊矛).

See also: 天の瓊矛

• イザナギとイザナミはオノゴロ島じまに降おり立たった。

  Izanagi and Izanami descended onto Onogoro Island.

noun

Japan

Archaic poetic name for Japan, derived from the mythological island.

• 古ふるい和わ歌かでは、オノゴロ島じまが日本にほんの国くにを指さすことがある。

  In old waka poetry, Onogoro Island can refer to the land of Japan.