約束の地

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 約束の地 on Japanese Wikipedia
Kanji in this term
約 束 地
やく
Grade: 4 		そく
Grade: 4 		ち
Grade: 2
goon kan'on

Etymology

約束 (yakusoku, “promise”) +‎ の (no, attributive particle) +‎ 地 (chi, “land”)

Proper noun

約(やく)束(そく)の地(ち) • (Yakusoku no Chi) 

  1. (Judaism, Christianity) the Promised Land
    • 1999 September 16, Motohiro Katou, “ヤコブの階(かい)段(だん) [Jacob’s Stairway]”, in Ｑ.(キュー)Ｅ.(イー)Ｄ.(ディー) 証(しょう)明(めい)終(しゅう)了(りょう) [Q.E.D.: Quod Erat Demonstrandum], volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 184:
      ヤコブは神(かみ)の言(こと)葉(ば)を受(う)け「約(やく)束(そく)の地(ち)」を探(さが)して旅(たび)立(だ)った　自(じ)分(ぶん)達(たち)を　繁(はん)栄(えい)させる土(と)地(ち)を‥‥
      Yakobu wa Kami no kotoba o uke “Yakusoku no Chi” o sagashite tabidatta jibuntachi o han'ei saseru tochi o‥‥
      Jacob took God’s words and set out in search of the “Promised Land”, of themselves, of fertile soil‥‥
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