池ち汀てい

noun

pond shore; pond bank

A literary or poetic term for the edge or bank of a pond. Not used in everyday conversation; modern Japanese would normally use 池のほとり or 池の岸.

• 古ふるい和わ歌かに「池ち汀ていに咲さく花はな」という表ひょう現げんが見みられる。

  In old waka poetry, one can find the expression 'flowers blooming on the pond shore'.