八や潮しお路じ

noun

long sea voyage

Rare, literary noun for a long journey by sea. Found mainly in classical or poetic Japanese; in modern language, expressions like 長い船旅 or 長い航海 are more common.

• 古ふるい和わ歌かに「八や潮しお路じ」と詠よまれた旅たび路じがある。

  There is a journey sung as 'yashioji' in an old waka poem.