KKS 2

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春たちける日よめる

Read on the first day of spring

紀貫之

Ki no Tsurayuki

袖ひちてむすびし水の氷こほれるを春たつ今日の風や溶くらん

sode hichi-te musubi-shi mizu no koore-ru wo haru tatsu kyō no kaze ya toku-ran

Notes

むすびし、はる、たつ、とく

All four of these words have potential secondary meanings as engo with 袖. むすぶ - "weave", はる - "stretch [cloth]", たつ "cut [cloth]", とく "separate."

Other sources:

• Shinsen waka | Kokin waka rokujō
• Korai futeishō

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