約束の地

Etymology

約束 (yakusoku, “promise”) +‎ の (no, attributive particle) +‎ 地 (chi, “land”)

Proper noun

約束の地 (hiragana やくそくのち, rōmaji Yakusoku no Chi)

1. (Judaism, Christianity) the Promised Land

   約 (やく)束 (そく)の地 (ち)－アヴァロン－

   Yakusoku no Chi -Avaron-

   Promised Land －Avalon－

   • 1999 September 16, Katou, Motohiro, “ヤコブの階たい段だん [Jacob’s Stairway]”, in Ｑ.Ｅ.Ｄ. 証しょう明めい終しゅう了りょう [Q.E.D. Quod Erat Demonstrandum], volume 4 (fiction, in Japanese), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, pages 183–184:

     〝聖 (せい)戦 (せん)〟だったんだな　クランのトップセルは最 (さい)適 (てき)な繁 (はん)殖 (しょく)地 (ち)を求 (もと)め‥‥戦 (たたか)いを始 (はじ)めた

     "Seisen" dattan da na Kuran no toppu seru wa saiteki na hanshokuchi o motome‥‥ tatakai o hajimeta

     It was like a "holy war", huh? The top cell of the Clans was searching for the optimal breeding ground‥‥ and it provoked conflicts in the process

     あれはただの戦 (せん)争 (そう)だったんじゃない‥‥「約 (やく)束 (そく)の地 (ち)」を求 (もと)めた聖 (せい)戦 (せん)だったのさ

     Are wa tada no sensō dattan ja nai‥‥ “Yakusoku no Chi” o motometa seisen datta no sa

     It was sort of like a war‥‥ a holy war for the “Promised Land”

   • 1999 September 16, Katou, Motohiro, “ヤコブの階たい段だん [Jacob’s Stairway]”, in Ｑ.Ｅ.Ｄ. 証しょう明めい終しゅう了りょう [Q.E.D. Quod Erat Demonstrandum], volume 4 (fiction, in Japanese), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 184:

     ヤコブは神 (かみ)の言 (こと)葉 (ば)を受 (う)け「約 (やく)束 (そく)の地 (ち)」を探 (さが)して旅 (たび)立 (だ)った　自 (じ)分 (ぶん)達 (たち)を　繁 (はん)栄 (えい)させる土 (と)地 (ち)を‥‥

     Yakobu wa Kami no kotoba o uke “Yakusoku no Chi” o sagashite tabidatta jibuntachi o han'ei saseru tochi o‥‥

     Jacob took God’s word and set out in search of the “Promised Land”, of themselves, of fertile soil‥‥