海原うなばら

noun

ocean; sea; the deep

A somewhat literary or poetic word for the vast open sea, often evoking a sense of boundlessness. In modern usage it appears in elevated descriptions, literature, and set phrases.

• 船ふねは広ひろい海原うなばらを進すすんでいった。

  The ship sailed across the vast ocean.

• 水すい平へい線せんまで続つづく海原うなばらを見みつめた。

  I gazed at the sea stretching to the horizon.