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Primitive & Mediaeval Japanese Texts

Nihongi uta hitotsu (under year A.D. 513 ed. Ihida)

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Yashima kuni 1 tsuma maki-kanete haruhino Kasuga no kuni ni kuhashi me wo 5 ari to kikite yoroshi me wo ari to kikite makisaku hi no itato wo 10 oshi-hiraki ware irimashi ato tori tsuma tori shite makura tori 15 tsuma tori shite imo ga te wo ware ni makishi me waga te wo ba imo ni makishi me 20 masaki tsura tataki asahari shishikushiro umahi ne shi to ni nihatsutori 25 kake ha naku nari nutsutori kigishi ha toyomu hashikeku mo imada ihazute 30 aki ni keri wagimo!

13 on the heels of.

22 asahari = azanahari, enlace or be enlaced with. tataki = pat, beat softly and repeatedly.

29 hashikeku seems to be connected with hashi, end.

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