Ura - Ura

Japanese: 浦 - うら

〘 noun 〙 (same origin as "ura") 1. A place where the sea, lake, etc. curves and flows into land. An inlet. A bay. ※Man'yoshu (late 8th century) 18:4038 "The dawn has come, and as I walk along the Ura coast of the Fuse Sea, I pick up Tamamo ." 2. A coast. A seaside. A beach. A water's edge. ※Kojiki (712), middle part (Kananaga Honin), "The Iruka fish of Kakihana are already residing in a single bay . " ※Shin Kokin (1205), Autumn section 363 "Looking around, there were neither flowers nor maples. The autumn twilight at the thatched huts of the bay (Fujiwara Teika) ." 3. A seaside village. A fishing village. A bay village.

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (「裏」と同語源)① 海、湖などの湾曲して、陸地に入り込んだ所。入り江。湾。※万葉（８Ｃ後）一八・四〇三八「玉くしげいつしか明けむ布勢の海の宇良(ウラ)を行きつつ玉藻拾(ひり)はむ」② 海岸。海辺。浜辺。水際。※古事記（712）中（兼永本訓）「毀鼻(かきはな)の入鹿魚(いるかうを)既に一浦(ひとウラ)に依れり」※新古今（1205）秋上・三六三「見渡せば花ももみぢもなかりけり浦の苫屋(とまや)の秋の夕ぐれ〈藤原定家〉」③ 海辺の村里。漁村。浦里。

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