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沖つ白波

noun

whitecaps of the offing / 立田山 (Tatsuta-yama, “Mount Tatsuta”), pun on 立つ (tatsu, “to stand”) / 知らず (shirazu, “not knowing (about)”)

遠くの海原に沖つ白波が見えました。

I saw the whitecaps of the offing in the distant sea.

意味（1）

whitecaps of the offing

c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 15, poem 3597)

watatsumi no oki tsu shiranami tachi-kurashi ama-otome domo shima-gakuru miyuThe white waves of the great ocean seem to rise up. The fisher-girl[s' boats] appear to be island-hidden.

意味（2）

立田山 (Tatsuta-yama, “Mount Tatsuta”), pun on 立つ (tatsu, “to stand”)

風(かぜ)吹(ふ)けば沖(おき)つ白波(しらなみ)たつた山(やま)夜半(よは)にや君(きみ)がひとり越(こ)ゆらむ

kaze fukeba oki tsu shiranami Tatsuta-yama yowa ni ya kimi ga hitori koyu ranas the howling winds keep white waves in the offing in the deep of night[,] is my lord crossing Tatsuta Mountain alone[?]

意味（3）

知らず (shirazu, “not knowing (about)”)

c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 11, poem 2435)

Ōmi-no-umi oki tsu shiranami shirazu tomo imogari to iwaba nanuka koe konEven if I don't know (where you live), sounding like the white waves in the offing of the [Ōmi] sea, if you tell me (where) your house (is), (even if it would take me) seven days to cross (the hills), I will come!