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Tsukime | つきめ

Verse 1

つきめおろしめ

あそびませ

もどろうみよ

つききよら

つなぐはみちよ

あそびませ

Tsukime = literally moon woman “old japanese, read: miko”

Oroshime = literally ‘drawing down’ woman “old japanese, read: miko”

Asobimase = triple meaning of prayer, ritual, and play (anything that isn’t part of normal daily life)

Modoro  = Okinawan word for chaos

Umi = ocean / born

Yo = calling out to

Tsuki = moon

Kiyora = clean / beautiful

Tsunagu = link / connect

Michi = road

Asobimase = triple meaning of prayer, ritual, and play (anything that isn’t part of normal daily life)

(read: Create the path or open a portal to another world; like the moon and reflection on water – the line between the two)

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Verse 2

つきめおろしめ

あそびませ

くんねけものの

くちかかと

のればぬれてよ

あぷとあし

Tsukime = literally moon woman “old japanese, read: miko”

Oroshime = literally ‘drawing down’ woman “old japanese, read: miko”

Asobimase = triple meaning of prayer, ritual, and play (anything that isn’t part of normal daily life)

Kunnne = Ainu word for black

Kemono = kemono

Kuchi - mouth

mouth; kaka = color of red, burning fire, snake

Anectdontes:

yama kagashi, snake story

Kagami - kakame - snake eye, because snakes have no eyelids

Kagayaku - glow, sparkle

Noreba - if you ride

Nureteyo - to get wet

Aputoashi - rain fall = water

Verse 3

つきめおろしめ

てすりませ

てすりひのやま

しまのせぢ

とももとちよと

とよみませ

Tsukime = literally moon woman “old japanese, read: miko”

Oroshime = literally ‘drawing down’ woman “old japanese, read: miko”

Asobimase = triple meaning of prayer, ritual, and play (anything that isn’t part of normal daily life)

Tesuri = gesture of rubbing hands together

Hinoyama = volcano (literally fire mountain)

Shima = island

Seji = (might exist in okinawan too) spiritual power, mana, raw power

To = 10

Momo - 100

Chi - 1000

Yo - year, duration of time, or plane of existence

Toyomi = (from omorosooshi) hibiku, reverberate, in old japanese = abundance

(Read: this song is sung for many years to come, may there be abundance)

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