初句の英語

前の歌の末の句の言葉を次の歌の初句として,続けて歌を詠んでいくこと例文帳に追加

the act of composing a poem in which the words of the first phrase are taken from the last phrase of a previous poem発音を聞く  - EDR日英対訳辞書

この「我が君」から「君が代」への変遷については、初句「我が君」の和歌が、古今和歌集と古今和歌六帖以外にはほとんどみられず、以降の歌集においては初句「君が代」が圧倒的に多い。例文帳に追加

With respect to this change from "wagakimi" to "kimigayo," waka with the first line "wagakimi" is hardly seen other than in Kokin-Wakashu and Kokin Waka Rokujo (six volumes of Japanese poetry written in the middle of the Heian period) and, in poetry anthologies in the later age, overwhelmingly large number of wakas begin with the first line "kimigayo."発音を聞く  - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス

また技法として、余韻・余情をかきたてる体言止め、七五調の初句切れ・三句切れなどが使われている。例文帳に追加

Regarding poetic devices, taigendome (to use a noun in the end of a poem), which makes poems resonant, shokugire (to distinguish the meaning between the first and second phrases) and sankugire (to distinguish the meaning between the third and fourth phrases) in the seven-and-five syllable meter were used.発音を聞く  - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス

堯智は、橘清友の名を出して、初句を「君か代ともいうなり」とし、「我が大君の天の下知しめす」と解説している。例文帳に追加

堯智 referred to TACHIBANA no Kiyotomo and said that the first line read "Kimigayo" and explained that it meant "my lord reigns over the whole world."発音を聞く  - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス

さらに後世、初句が「君が代は」となり、さまざまな形で世に流布されるにつれ、歌われる場も多様となり、解釈の状況が変わっていくことは後述する。例文帳に追加

In addition, it will be described below that, in later ages, the first line was changed to "kimigayoha" and, as the waka was disseminated in society in various forms, situations under which the waka was chanted varied and the situations related to interpretation were changed.発音を聞く  - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス

歌詞の出典はしばしば『古今和歌集』（古今和歌集巻七賀歌巻頭歌、題しらず、読人しらず、国歌大観番号343番）とされるが、古今集のテクストにおいては初句を「わが君は」とし、現在採用されているかたちとの完全な一致は見られない。例文帳に追加

It is often said that the origin of the words in Kimigayo is the "Kokin-Wakashu" (Volume seven of Kokin-Wakashu, gaka (celebration poetry), first waka, title not known, author not known, Kokka Taikan (Comprehensive National Poems - No. 343), but, the first line of the text in Kokinshu is "Wagakimiha (literally, 'my lord')" which does not coincide completely with the presently adopted form.発音を聞く  - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス