ABOVE THE CLOUDS
Japanese translation: 雲上人(unjoobito)
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| 4 | 雲上人 |
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| 3 | 宮中 |
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28 mins confidence: 
雲上人 Explanation: 雲上人(unjo-bito) Aristocrats who live in the palace |
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32 mins confidence:
court noble Explanation: In Heian Period, 雲上人(unjoobito), meant a court noble. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-07-29 17:35:30 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- 雲上人 could not easily be seen by the commoners, so the commoners created this metaphor to express the image that the noble people were living above the clouds. They may have been influenced by the Chinese concept that the Heaven¥'s Emperor lived on the clouds. Secondly, the Japanese Emperor was the highest ranking Shinto priest, which means that he was closer to the Shinto God. Noble rank correlated with the individual¥'s (blood) proximity to the Emperor¥'s family . |
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宮中 Explanation: If this word is used as a sense of “the Imperial Palace”, it seems to be better to say as 「宮中」"kyuu-chuu".「雲上人」is used for a person, not for the place. The Imperial Palace is the place in that the Emperor lives. I this case we call it 「宮中」in the Heian Jidai. Now we call it 「皇居」"kou-kyo". |
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