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八重の潮路 (やえのしおじ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

八や重えの潮しお路じ

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Meanings

1

distant seas; far-off sea routes

A poetic or literary term for seas far away, often evoking a sense of distance and travel. Rare in modern everyday language.

八や重えの潮しお路じを越こえて、彼かれは故こ郷きょうへ帰かえった

。

Crossing the distant seas, he returned to his hometown.

Kanji

八eight, eight radical (no. 12)
重heavy, important, esteem
潮tide, salt water, opportunity
路path, route, road

Built from

八や重え+潮しお路じ

Etymology

Compound of 八重 (yae, 'many layers, manifold') and 潮路 (shioji, 'sea route, tideway'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the phrase appears in classical poetry and literature to evoke far-off sea journeys.