玉たま敷しき

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

beautiful (as if adorned with jewels)

Archaic poetic word used to describe something as beautiful, as if it were decorated with jewels. Not used in modern everyday Japanese.

• 「玉たま敷しきの庭にわ」という古ふるい表ひょう現げんがある。

  There is an old expression 'tamashiki no niwa' (a garden as beautiful as if strewn with jewels).