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わたす: to ferry across (e.g. a river)
わたす watasu
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
Everyday actions
Example sentences
人にあげるときは、りょうてでわたします。
When you give it to someone, you hand it over with both hands.
From the lesson イザナギとイザナミの国生み
スセリビメが赤土と椋の木の実をわたし、オオナムヂがかんで吐くと、スサノオは、むかでをかんでいると思って、ねむりました。
Suseribime gave him red clay and the fruit of a muku tree, and when Ōnamuji chewed them and spat them out, Susanoo thought he was biting centipedes and fell asleep.
From the lesson 大国主の試練と根の国
アマテラスは、鏡をわたして、「この鏡を、私だと思って、まつりなさい」と言いました。
Amaterasu handed over the mirror and said, “Worship this mirror as if it were me.”
From the lesson 天孫降臨
ワタツミは、潮を満たす潮満珠と、潮を引かせる潮干珠という、二つの玉を、ホオリにわたしました。
Watatsumi gave Hoori two jewels: the shiomitsutama, which makes the tide rise, and the shiohirutama, which makes the tide go out.
From the lesson 海幸彦と山幸彦