約束の地

約束の地

Japanese

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, Katou, Motohiro, “ヤコブの階(かい)段(だん) [Jacob’s Stairway]”, in Ｑ.Ｅ.Ｄ. 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‥‥