親知らず

Etymology
Compound of.

First cited definitively to 1595, although the place name might be based on a poem from the early 1100s.

The longer version of the place name is, and might come from a poem written by the wife of the samurai in the late 12th century, in memory of her two-year-old son who had perished there. People in those days could only bypass the cliff by traversing a narrow strip of land at sea level, and in stormy weather, huge breakers could easily sweep people away unless they held on tightly to the rocks, an act said to make them forget about their parents and/or children. The young boy had been swept away by such a wave as he and his mother traversed the base of the cliff while they fled to village (currently part of present-day ) following the.

The alternative spelling uses the  spelling  for the shirazu portion.

Noun

 * 1)   a wisdom tooth
 * 2)  ignorance of one's parentage; such a person who does not know their parents
 * 3)   a specific kind of formal adoption during the, wherein the adoptee would have no knowledge of their birth parents; such an adoptee
 * 4)   a section of coast with dangerous surf
 * 1)   a section of coast with dangerous surf
 * 1)   a section of coast with dangerous surf
 * 1)   a section of coast with dangerous surf