sea surface

a marine will o' the wisp, more specifically one seen off the coasts of Kyushu in the Yatsushiro Sea or Ariake Sea

a place name / a surname

to illuminate / to shine upon / to refer to

in view of the facts

check against, compare

(Classical Japanese, honorific, literally, Japanese mythology, of gods and heavenly bodies) Alternative form of 天照る (amateru, “to shine in heaven”)