愛での盛り

Old Japanese

Kanji in this term
愛 盛
め
Grade: 4 		さか
Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Etymology

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Noun

愛での盛り (me2de no2 sakari) (kana めでのさかり)

  1. the height of love, utmost love
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 5, poem 894:
      神奈我良愛能盛爾天下奏多麻比志家子等撰多麻比天...
      ...kamunagara me2de no2 sakari ni ame2 no2 sita mawositamapi1 si ipe1 no2 ko1 to2 erabi1-tamapi1te...
      ...with the utmost of love, as the goddess [Amaterasu] spoke under the heavens, and chose with her children...

Descendants

  • Japanese: 愛での盛り (mede no sakari)
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