わたの原

Japanese

Kanji in this term
原
はら Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
海の原

Etymology

From 海 (wata, “sea”) +‎ の (no, attributive particle) +‎ 原 (hara, “field, plain”).

Noun

わたの原(はら) • (wata no hara) 

1. an ocean

   Synonyms: 海 (umi), 海原 (unabara), 大海 (ōumi, taikai)

   • 905–914, Kokin Wakashū (book 9, poem 407; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 11)

     わたの原(はら)八十(やそ)島(しま)かけて漕(こ)ぎ出(い)でぬと人(ひと)にはつげよあまのつり舟(ぶね)

     wata no hara yaso shima kakete kogiidenu to hito ni wa tsuge yo ama no tsuribune

     rowing past many islands on the sea, meeting nary a person to mark the boat's passing