favorable wind; wind during rising tide
Poetic or literary term for a wind that blows favorably, especially associated with the rising tide. Rare in everyday conversation.
A favorable wind began to blow, and the ship left the harbor.
Standard kanji spelling for this poetic term.
Variant spelling using okurigana; less common but still encountered.
Compound of 時 (toki, 'time' or 'tide') + 津 (tsu, archaic possessive particle) + 風 (kaze, 'wind'), literally 'wind of the tide'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it is a classical poetic expression.