Part 17

=ihatsutano=, rock-rope (= _ihatsuta_, rock-creeping ivy); ivy grows quickly where stripped off, hence used with phrases like _mata wochi kaheri_ (_waka-kaheri_), become young again.

=ihawitsura= (_suberi-hiyu_), Portulaca oleracea, L.; used with _hikaba nurunuru_ or _nuretsutsu_, implying sense of gently, smoothly, or slippery?

=ihetsutori=, house bird: used with _kake_ (lit. crow), cock.

=ihohenami=, 500, i.e. countless waves; applied to _tachi-wi_, rise and fall, or rise and rest as the waves are eternally doing.

=imehitono=, archer-men; with _Fushimi_ (pl. n.), _fushi_ = crouch to watch for game.

=imetachite=, where archers stand; used with Tomi no Woka (place-name); _tomi_ = trail-trackers.

=imogahimo=, my love’s girdle or cord; with _yufu_, tie up; _toku_, untie; _musubu_, fasten.

=imogaihe= (=ni=), to my love’s home; used with _iku_ (_yuku_), to go, of Ikuri no mori (Shrine of Ikuri).

=imogakado=, my love’s doorway or home; with _iri_, enter, _idzu_, go forth from, or their combinations.

=imogakami=, my love’s hair; with _age_, lift up (to knot), in Agesasabanu, Moor of Agesasaba.

=imogakeru=, by my love worn; to _mikasa_ (fine hat), of Mikasa Hill (pl. n.).

=imogamewo=, my love’s eye; with _mi-somu_, fall in love; Tomi no saki (Cape Tomi, _mi_ = see); Mimakuhoriye (pl. n.), _mimakuhori_, desire to see and love.

=imogarito=, or _imoragari_ (_imo ga ari_), towards where my love is; with _ima_ (now, or place where), as in Imaki (Peak); with Ikoma (Hill)--Ikoma = _yuku_ (_iku_) _koma_.

=imogasode=, my love’s sleeve; with _maki_, roll up, of Makimuku Hill.

=imogatewo=, my love’s hand; with _tori_ (take), _toru_ or _toro_; Toroshi no ike, Pool of Toroshi.

=inamushiro=, rice-straw matting; used as _kaha_ (skin employed also as mat); with _kake_ and _shiku_, apply, spread, by quibble with _kaha_, stream, 102.

=inanomeno=, the word means daybreak (not-sleep-eye); applied to _ake_, open, break as dawn; another explanation is, _ina no me_ (_ina_--rice-plant--_no mure_) _no_, _ake_ is then confounded with _aku akaramu_, grow ruddy, ripe, and an involved word-play results.

=inuzhimono=, dog-like; _-- michi ni fushite_, lying down (dying), like a dog by the roadside.

=irihinasu=, like the setting sun; with _kakuru_, hide, withdraw, 28, 50.

=isanatori=, whale-catching; used with _umi_ (sea) _hama_ (shore); _nada_--open sea--Hijiki no nada; Afumi no umi (Lake Ômi or Biwa) by extension, 16, 19, 30, 40, 78, 193.

=Isayagaha=, a river-name; used with reference to the interjection _isa!_

=isokahino=, like shore-shells; used with _kata_ (unpaired as in _kata kohi_, solitary love, because one of the pair parted from the other); probably the shell meant was a bivalve, one valve = _kata_. The simile is found in English poetry.

=isomatsu= (Statice arbuscula, Max.); used with _tsune_ (always), _matsu_ (pine) indicating length of time.

=Isonokami=, a tract in Yamato where a place existed named Furu, which may mean, old, or to pour down (as rain); hence Isonokami is used as a m. k. of _furu_, 45.

=iyukiahino=, where men climb and meet from either side; as a hill-pass.

=iyushishino=, arrow-shot or wounded deer; with _kokoro wo itami_, grieve my heart; _-- yuki mo shinamu_, like stricken hart go on to die.

=kadzunokino= (_kaji noki_, Broussonetia papyrifera); applied with sound-quibble to _wa wo kadzusane_ = _ware wo kadohashi wite yukane_ (_kadohashi-gataku_); _kadohashi_ = _kadowakashi_, abduct, kidnap.

=kadzuragake= = _hikage_ (Lycopodium clavatum)--club-moss (used in ritual?), hence a praise-word applied to _kimi_ (lord), _kuhashi_ (comely).

=kahadzunaku=, frog-croak; used with waters, _idzumi_ (source), _kaha_ (stream).

=kahayagino= (_kahayanagi_), river-willow; used with _ne_ (homophonous with _ne_, root) of _nemokoro_ (_nengoro_), earnestly.

=kagaminasu=, mirror-like; applied to _miru_ (see) and _mi_ in compounds and place-names; to _imo_ (my love), to _tsuma_ (spouse)--in both cases = precious, a mirror being regarded as a treasure; to the phrase _kaku shi tsune mimu_, thus ever indeed to see, with allusion to the mirror constantly kept (_kaku_) by the bed-place, 26, 55.

=kagirohino= (_kagerohi_?), a difficult word. Often written as if meaning _seirei_ or _tombo_ (dragon-fly), it is probably a lengthened form of _kageru_, shine, glitter. Used with _yufu_ (evening--the glow at and after sunset?); _iha_, rock which sparkles when struck; _honoka_, dim, by reference probably to _ho_, flame; _haru_, spring--when the air is fresh, clear and glittering; _kokoro moyetsutsu_, glow of heart; _hi_, flame, sun; _tada hito me_ (just a glance, here the m. k. may have reference to what is seen dimly?), 12, 28, 92, 123.

=kajinootono=, sound or splash of oar: used with _tsubaratsubara ni_, clearly, distinctly.

=kakihonasu=; see 120, 125--fence-like, not in Kogi list.

=kakikazofu=, count over as 1, 2, 3, &c.; used with _futa_, two, in Futakami yama, Twain-gods (or Twain Peak) Hill, 223.

=kakikoyuru=, cross over or through the house-fence; used with _inu_, dog, a somewhat meaningless m. k.

=kakitsubata=, camellia; used with _nidzurafu_, be ruddy, _saku_, bloom.

=kakozhimono=, deer’s-young-like; used with _hitori_, one, unique, 119.

=kamozhimono=, wild-duck-like; applied to _uki_, float.

=kamukaze=, god-wind; used with Ise where the chief gods have their seat, 172.

=karakaji=, this may be Chinese or Korean _kaji_, oar, scull or steer-oar, used with _oto takashi mo na_, loud is the sound (i.e. as that made by the splash of the scull or creak of oar).

=karakoromo=, Kara (China or Korea), garment, robe; used with _ki_ (put on) in Kinara, _tatsu_ (cut out clothes) in Tatsuta, _suso_ (hem) combined with _ahazu_--not meeting (as parts of vestment). The use may be by way of quibble.

=kariganeno= (_kari_?), white-fronted wild-goose, also cry of same. Its application to _kitsugi_ (84) is not quite clear, perhaps it refers to the regularity of going to see the cherry blossoms with one’s comrades being like the regularity with which the wild-geese return in spring-time.

=karikomono=, like cut rushes; used with _midaru_, confused, disordered; with _shinu_ as in _kokoro mo shinu_, the heart yields, becomes weak, &c.

=kashinomino=, like acorn which is single always, never double or triple as chestnut; applied to _hitori_, one, unique, 106.

=kasumitatsu=, mist-rising; applied to Kasuga (pl. n.), which however is written _haru no hi_, spring day, 4, 9, 33.

=katamohino=, like lidless bowl; love deep as the bowl or jar.

=kazenotono=, wind-sound; as heard from afar; applied to my love far from me.

=kekoromono=, fur or feather vestment; used with _haru_ (spring). Such vestments were worn when hunting, &c., used as m. k. of _asu_, morrow, morning, _kefukefu to_, to-day to-day.

=kimigaiheni=, in my lord’s house; _-- aga sumi-saka no_, where _sumi_ written ‘black’, but homophonously to be understood as ‘dwell’, is introduced by a kind of prefatial quibble--wherein I dwell, as in my lord’s house.

=kimigakeru=, what my lord wears; used with Mikasa yama (hill-name), like _kimi ga sasu_ in the _Kokinshiu_; _mikasa_ means my lord’s hat--so written, in the hill-name it has, probably, a different meaning.

=kimomukafu=, opposite liver or bowels; used with _kokoro_, heart, as chief of the inner organs. Perhaps simply in front of the inner organs, 17, 120.

=komatsurugi=, Koma or straight sword; Koma was one of the four Korean kingdoms. The sword had a ring, _wa_, at the end of the hilt, hence the application of the m. k. to _wa_, in Wazami no hara, Wazami Moor; to _wa ga kokoro_ (my heart) as sound-quibble, 24.

=komomakura=, _komo_ is a kind of rush (also sea-grass, Zostera), a pillow made of such. Used with _ahimakishi_ (rolled up); with _taka_ confused with _taku_ = _maki-tsukanu_.

=komorikuno=, enclosed (by hills)--applied to Hatsuse (pl. n.), 12, 15, 45, 179.

=komorinuno= (_numa_), a pond or marsh enclosed and hidden (by reeds); used with _shita_, under, lower; with _mizu_, not-see, 125.

=komotatami=, _komo_, (rush) matting; applied to Heguri (pl. n.), _he_ taken as = fold or thickness. _Heguri no aso_ in the Manyôshiu seems to mean a fish, _tachi-uwo_ (Trichiurus lepturus?).

=konokureno=, tree-dark, as when foliage becomes abundant in fourth month, _u no tsuki_, hence used with _u_ (_tsuki_), also with _shigeki_, crowded abundant; _-- shigeki omohi_, crowded thoughts, 245.

=koragatewo=, a girl’s hand, or arm, or sleeve; applied to Makimuku (hill-name), _maki_ read as = hold, enfold.

=koromote=, sleeve of a garment; used with Hitachi (province), _hita_ or _hida_ being the folds of a sleeve. Other applications exist, but their value is uncertain. Such are Tanaga (hill-name), _ta_ = arm; _nagi_, cast away, or mow (the arm being used)?

=koromotewo=, sleeve of a dress; used with Takaya (pl. n.), from similarity of _taka_ with _taguru_, to haul, pull with arm; with _wori-tamu_ (_wori-tamotohoru_, wander about), _wori-tamoto_ = roll back sleeve; with _ashige no uma_, reed-grey horse, the peculiar etymology of which is that _ashige_ may be read as a corruption of _osoki_ = _uhagi_ = outer dress, which of course would have a sleeve! 110, 157.

=kotohiushino= (_kotohi_), a great bull; used with Miyake no ura (Bay of M.); _miya_ = _mika_ = _mi_ (or _ma_) _ya_, thus _miyake_ = _mika ke_, abundance of hair, as a bull is supposed to have (a Chinese idea; comp. ‘one hair of nine bulls’ as an infinitesimal proportion), 116. But, perhaps, the m. k. only = grand, and _kotohi_, a sacred bull.

=kotosaheku=, mumble, stammer (as a foreigner); applied to _Kara_, _Kudara_, 17, 24.

=kumoriyono=, cloudy or dark night; with _tadoki mo shirazu_ (know not what to do); _madoheru_ (distracted); _shitabahe_ (crouch and creep), 183.

=kumowinasu=, like a cloud; used with _tohoku_ (distant); with _isayohi_ (hesitating, like cloud uncertain which way it will drift); _-- kokoro mo shinu ni_ (the heart yielding as a cloud drifts), 41, 222.

=kurenawino=, red, a deep red; used with _iro_ (colour); _-- utsushi kokoro_, show feeling by change of colour? 64, 106, 216.

=kusakageno=, grass-shade; applied to Arawi Cape, but the use here is not understood. Ara-wi is raw rush of some sort. Its use with _anu_ is equally unclear. (In I. an explanation is given connected with the withering (_aru_) of vegetation under the shadow of tall grasses or herbs.)

=kusamakura=, grass pillow, pillow of herbs, while on a journey often the only available one; used with _tabi_, journey, also with _tago_ for _hatago_, a basket to hold food for a journey, 1, 4, 12, 23, 40, 49.

=kushiromaku=, armlet-wind; used with Tafushi (hill-name)--_ta_ read homophonously as arm.

=kuzunoneno=, root of Pueraria; with _naga_, long.

=makanamochi= (=te=), with a true _kana_ (shaping or scraping-tool); m. k. of _yuge nokahara_, _yuge_ = _yumi kedzuru_, shape or scrape into bow-shape, scrape bow.

=makanefuku=, true metal (iron) smelt; descriptive epithet of Nifu (pl. n.).

=makibashira=, pillars of _maki_ (right-word, _hi no ki_, Chamaecyparis obtusa?); applied to _futoki_ (stout), _futoki kokoro_, stout heart.

=makinotatsu=, see makitatsu.

=makisaku=, split _maki_ into planks for building; applied to _hi [no tsumade]_ Chamaecyparis timber, 13.

=makitatsu=, where _maki_ trees grow; epithet of _arayama_, wild hills, 12.

=makitsumu=, heaping _maki_ timber; as to float down Idzumi River, hence m. k. of that river.

=makomokaru=, fine-komo (rush)-reap; epithet of Ohonu River.

=makuradzuku=, put pillows close together; epithet of _tsumaya_, spousal pavilion, 28, 236.

=makusakaru=, where-fine-grass-cut; the fine-grass is _susuki_, Miscanthus sinensis; epithet of Aranu (name of a moor--wild-moor).

=makuzuhafu=, where-fine-_kuzu_-creeps--_kusu_ is Pueraria Thunbergiana, Benth., a leguminous trailing plant; descriptive epithet of Kasuga Hill and Wonu Moor, 84.

=managotsuchi.= There is a place called Manago ura. The m. k. is written ‘beloved-child’, and is used by sound-quibble in _Managotsuchi manaho ni shite_, where _manaho_, &c. = right, truly, just. In _managotsuchi manaku tokinashi aga kofuraku ha_, _manago_ may be = _masago_, and the whole mean, my love is so unceasing, that not even the interval of a grain of sand is to be found in its continuity. Probably _managotsuchi_ = simply sandy soil.

=mashimidzuno=, pure cold water; applied to _kokoro mo keya ni_, unsullied the heart.

=masokagami=, perfect-mirror, i.e. perfectly polished, used with words of seeing, shining, polishing, hanging up, &c., 32, 59.

=masugeyoshi=, where-right-sedge-good; epithet of Soga no kahara (dry part of a river-bed).

=masurawono= (_ma-arashi-wo_), [or _ma-so-_], right-fierce-man, warrior; applied to Tayuhi ga ura (Bay of Tayuhi)--_ta_ is written, hand or arm, the m. k. implies strength, 40, 52, 64, 216.

=matamadeno=, a sort of m. k., like fine arms; see 102.

=matamadzura=, fine-creeper, i.e. _sanekadzura_ (Kadzura japonica); conf. _sanekadzura_, applied to what is not likely to end, as _tayemu no kokoro aga ’mohanaku ni_ = will my heart cease to love--no!

=matamanasu=, like true-jewel; applied to _aga ’mofu imo_, my mistress whom I love.

=matamiruno=, a sort of sea-weed (Codium?); chiefly used by sound-quibble--as with _mata yukikaheri_ again go and come. _Mata_ means ‘forked’, also ‘again’, 172.

=matorisumu=, where the true-bird dwelleth, i.e. _washi_, the eagle; used with Unade no mori (the grove of Unade)--_Unade_ is written cloud-ladder which may give a clue to the meaning of the m. k. The Kogi rather applies it to _mori_ (_mamori_).

=Matsuchiyama=, a hill-name; it seems to involve merely a sound-quibble with _moto tsu hito_ (written, men of old) and _matsuramu imo_ (my love who will await me, or whom I await).

=matsugaheri=, a difficult word of which several more or less futile explanations are given. Here is one more. The m. k. is used with _shihite_, compellingly, &c., may it not mean, as certainly as come round the cycles of the everlasting pine-tree!

=matsuganeno=, pine-tree-root; used with words denoting length of time or space; also endlessness, as with _tayuru koto naku_, ceasing is-not. The use of the m. k. with _kimi ga kokoro_ is not explained--is it with _kokoro_ as = _ki_(_ko_) _koru_, fell timber, 47, 257.

=matsukaheno=, like pine and yew (Torreya nucifera, S. et Z.), or, oak, sp.; epithet applied to words of enduring and flourishing, as to _sakaye_ (bloom).

=mayobikino=, like (my love’s) painted eyebrows (or the false ones on forehead above the true ones shaved off?); applied to Yokoyama (hill-name) by the poet who sees the mountain’s regular form in the distance.

=mawogomono=, true-small-rush-like; applied to _fu nomi chikakute_ in a _tanka_ where the sense seems to be ‘as close as the rushes in fence wattled with them’.

=midzukakino=, written water-fence, but the meaning is shining, i.e. fine fence; used with _hisashiki_, ‘for a long time’, because in Midzukaki no Miya dwelt the Mikado Suzhin, and it was hoped the _miya_ might long endure--that is the reign, the two being regarded as conterminous.

=midzukukino=, like shining stem; applied to _woka_ (knoll), _woka_ being taken as a corruption of _waka_, young; and by sound-quibble to Midzuki (pl. n.).

=midzutade=, water-pepper = _tade_, perhaps _midzu_ = here fine bright, not water; m. k. of Hodzumi (pl. n.), written, ear (in grain) pluck, fruit-pluck. Midzutade is Polygonum flaccidum, Roxb.--the growing fruit was--perhaps is--eaten.

=midzutamaru=, water-collect; epithet of _ike_ (pool);--Ikeda (pl. n.), 134.

=midzutorino=, water-fowl; m. k. of _kamo_ (wild duck), &c., also of _ukine_ (sleep afloat like water-fowl); of _awoha_ (grey wings), part of Awoha no yama; of _tatsu_ (rise, start in flight).

=midzutsutafu=, skirt the water; epithet of shore, beach, _iso_.

=mihakashiwo=, what the sovran girds on; as a _tsurugi_ (straight Chinese sword), so used with Tsurugi no Ike (name of a pool).

=mikamononasu=, like water wildfowl; applied to _futari-narabi-wi_ (two being together, as two lovers), like water-fowl (pairing), 50.

=mikemukafu=, offering sovran’s food; m. k. of _ki_ (_saké_), homophon of _ki_ (tree, or more probably ‘fort’) in Kinohe (or _kinohe_ = a cup of _saké_); so of _aha_, millet (Ahaji island), _aji_ (wild-fowl), _mina_, shellfish (Minafuchi--more correctly = _midzu no fuchi_), or _mi_ (flesh), 26, 83.

=mikokorowo=, the sovran’s heart; m. k. of Yoshinu, _mi kokoro wo yoshi_ = delighteth the sovran’s heart (soul), 10.

=mikomokaru= (_mi_ = _ma_), right-sedge-cut; m. k. of Shinano province. The Kogi imagines a connexion by reading Shinano, _shina nu[ma]_, explaining _shina_ as _ura_, within, interior or back of--i.e. land with (sedgy) lakes in its interior.

=mikushigeno=, like the fine comb-box; applied to Futakami Hill; _futa_, lid, is homophon of Futa [kami], twain gods.

=mimorotsuku=, _mimoro_ may mean sacred dwelling or shrine (on Kase Hill), or may be written erroneously for _umi wo_, spool of hemp-yarn; _kase_ being a spindle. The m. k. is used with _Kaseyama_. _Tsuku_ would be _tsukuru_, construct, or _tsuku_, employ (the spindle); other explanations exist. To Miwa it is applied, taking Miwa as _miwaku_, a boiling spring, and therefore as sacred.

=minahanasu=, like foam of water; m. k. of _moroki inochi_ (brittle, i.e. impermanent life of men).

=minanowata=, pulp of Mina shell (Melania sp.); because of its blackness used as m. k. of _ka-guroki-kami_, jetty tresses, 64, 168.

=minasegaha=, _mi-na(ki)-se-kaha_, waterless stream; _kohi ni mo so hito ha shinisuru minasegaha shita yu are yasu tsuki ni hi ni keni_, I die of love, as a stream without water I pass on and perish month by month, day by day (as the stream with too little water from its source does).

=minashigaha=; see above.

=mirunogoto=, like _miru_, seaweed; m. k. of _wawake_, rags, tatters.

=misagowiru=, where fine-sand is; m. k. of _iso_ (beach), _su_ (shoal or sandy shore), _ariso_ (wild-beach).

=misorayuku=, fine-air-traverse; m. k. of _tsuki_ (moon); _kumo_ (cloud).

=mitorashino=, what the sovran taketh hold of; m. k. of _adzusa yami_, white-wood bow, 3.

=mitsugurino=, like three chestnuts (in one shell); used with reference to _naka_, middle--middle as centre chestnut.

=mitsumitsushi=, brilliant, glorious, m. k. applied to _kume no wakugo_, young lord of _kume_, more properly to _kume_, warrior, host of warriors, army (a word of Chinese origin?). The Ohotomo ancestor was an Ohokume (ccxxvii).

=miwotsukushi=, mi-wo-tsu-kushi = _midzu oru no shirushi_, marks to show a fairway. Used, by a quibble, with _tsukushi_, in such a phrase as _kokoro wo tsukushi_, to the very bottom of my heart.

=miyakehiku=, float down timber for palace; m. k. of Idzumi, river.

=miyukifuru=, falling of snow; m. k. of Koshi (one of the north-west provinces very cold in winter), and _fuyu_, winter.

=mochidzukino=, like full-moon; m. k. of _tatahashi_ (complete, perfect, &c.); of _omowa_ (face, visage); of _medzurashi_ (lovely).

=mochitori=, limed bird; m. k. of _kakarahashi_, be concerned, involved in, entangled (as lover is), 62, 183.

=modamoarazu=, not-silent; m. k. of Ihoshirowoda (pl. n.); _iho_ taken as = _ifu_ (_f_ and _h_ were nearly like-sounded), say, speak.

=momichibano=, russet leaves of autumn; with _chiri_, _sugi_, _utsuri_, fall, pass, fade, 174, 192.

=momodzutafu=, hundred-wise thread or coast, i.e. as applied to _yaso no shima_, make one’s way among all the islands; to Minu (as _mi nu_, fair moors, coasting along hundreds of fair moors); Minu of course is merely a place-name, and the application of the m. k. is a quibble.

=momofuneno=, hundreds of ships, i.e. all ships; used with _hatsuru shima_, island where ships anchor, Tsushima, 97.

=momoshikino=, written as a hundred stone-forts (i.e. countless --); _shiki_ seems to have been an earthwork strengthened with stone, _momoshiki no miya_, a palace built with stones enough for countless _shiki_, 33, 74, 75.

=momoshinuno=, hundreds (crowds) of _shinu_ (small bamboo); used with Minu (regarded as _mi nu_ = _ma nu_, true, fine moor), 185.

=momotarazu=, not a hundred--m. k. of _yaso_ (eighty); of _ikada_ (raft--_ika_, how many?); of _i_ fifty (_i tsuki no yeda_--branches of fifty _tsuki_, trees), 13, 131, 204.

=momoyogusa=, a plant said to resemble an aster or pyrethrum; by sound-quibble with _momo yo idemase_--a hundred nights went forth.

=mononofuno=, weapon-wight, armed retainer, guard; m. k. of _yaso_ (eighty, i.e. all the _uji_ or _tomo_, guilds, military families, &c.); of _uji_ (family); of _Ihase no mori_ (Shrine of Ihase), because the _mononofu_ crowded (_ihamu_) the camp, 13, 52, 59, 77, 92.

=murakimono=, the inner organs taken together; used with _kokoro_, heart, as one of them, 4, 128.

=murasakino=, purple colour; used with Kokata (pl. n.), from resemblance of _kokata_ to _koki_, deepen colour or dye deep shade of colour; on account of the fragrance of the flower so-called, a species of Lithospermum, used with _nihoeru_, as in--_nihoeru imo_, my love, fragrant as _murasaki_ bloom.

=muratamano=, like a lot of pearls; m. k. of _kuru_, wind, thread or turn round &c.? with _kuru ni kugi sashi_ = pivot of door, turning round like stringed pearls. Some equate the m. k. with _nubatama_, q. v.

=muratorino=, flocking birds; with _mure_ (assemble); _asatachi_ (morning flight); _idetachi_, start and rise (of birds), 92, 117, 166.

=nabikimono=, what bends, yields; with _yorineshi_, sleep close by.

=naguhashi= (--ki), name or fame-fine; descriptive m. k. of Yoshinu, Samine no shima, Inami, &c.

=nagurusano=, a bow-shot distance; m. k. of _tohoki_, &c.

=nahanorino=, like rope-seaweed; with _hiku_ (draw, haul), 173; also with phrase _na ha katsute norazhi_ (name not yet told).

=nakukonasu=, like weeping child; m. k. of _shitafu_ (to love, as child crying for its mother); _koto dani tohazu_ (infans); _ne nomi shi nakayu_ (sound of weeping and wailing); _yuki-tori-saguri_ (cry for things as children do), 49, 61, 173.

=nakutadzuno=, screaming crane; used with _ne nomi shi nakayu_ (see _nakukonasu_), 55.

=nakutorino=, like screaming birds; with _ma naku toki nashi_ (continuously); here the m. k. is used as sound- and sense-quibble.

=namayomino= (_nama yo mi no_), fresh sweet flesh (of shell-fish; applied by quibble to Kahi, name of province); _-- kahi_ = shell, 37.

=naminohono=, like crest of wave; m. k. of _itaburashi_ (_itodo furu_), heave wildly.

=nanorisono=, like _nanori_ (_naminori_ = wave-ride), a seaweed, Sargassum sp.?; a quibbling m. k. of _na_, name, _nanori_, tell name, _noru_, tell, _na nori so_, do not tell.

=narashibano=, apparently oak-faggots; used, by sound-quibble with _nare_?

=narukamino=, like thunder-god; m. k. of _oto_, sound, noise, 72.

=natsukusano=, like summer herbs; m. k. of Nu (pl. n.) = _no_, moor, or _nayu_, grow, flourish--_nayu_ contracted into _nu_; of _nayete_ (_nayu_), in _omohishinayete_ (think inclinedly of, love), here rather to _shinayete_, 16, 26.

=natsusobiku=, written summer-hemp-draw, is explained as _na tsuri sawo hiku_, fish-angling-rod-haul; m. k. of _umi_, sea, as in Unakami (pl. n.) = _umi no kami_, of _Unahi_ = _umi na hi_ (_umi no ahi_)? Another explanation is more literal--the hemp gathered in summer from the _une_ or furrows, 148.

=nayotakeno=, like bending bamboo, m. k. of _towoyoru_; _towo_ = _tawa_ (of _tauamu_), flexuous, gracefully pliant, delicate, 29, 45.

=nihanitatsu=, plant within forecourt, here, i.e. garden; m. k. of _asa_, in _asate kobusuma_ (hempen coverlet or rug or night-garment).

=nihatadzumi=, form pool; said of the flow of tears (_nagaruru namida_).

=nihatsutori=, forecourt-bird; the cock.

=nihimurono=, like new dwelling, it ought to be _nihimuro wo fumi-shidzumi_, tread level the earth-floor or platform of a new dwelling, and the whole phrase applied by pivot-word (_fumi-shidzumi_), to Shidzu no ko, the girl Shidzu (Miss Gentle).

=nihotorino=, like grebe or water-fowl pairing together (like turtle-doves emblematic of spousal love); this m. k. used generally with words of affection, _futari narabi_ (passing life together), _nadzusahi_ (floating together), &c., also with _kadzuki_ (dive), _ashi nure_ (wet-foot), _oki naga_, for _iki naga_ (long-breath--as after diving), 48, 61.

=nikogusano=, like _niko_ (?) flower; m. k. of _hanatsuma_ (woman finely dressed? Cf. _hana yome_ = bride); also, by sound-quibble, of _nikoyaka_.

=nochiseyama=, Nochise-hill, by sound-quibble used with _nochi_, after.

=notogahano=, Noto river, used as if, _noto_ = _nochi_, cf. Nochiseyama.

=nubatamano= (there exists a good deal of learning on this word). It may be taken as = black berries of Pardanthus sinensis, and applicable to things black or dark--night, dream, moon, &c., 23, 24, 59, 60, 153, 154, 240.

=nutsutorino=, moor-bird; i.e. _kingishi_ (_kizhi_), pheasant.

=nuyetorino= (nuyekotori), like _nuye_-bird, whose cry is like that of lamentation--perhaps a sort of owl; a m. k. of _uranage_ (lamentation); also of _katakohi_ (solitary love--as when lovers parted); of _nodoyobi_ (throaty, hoarse-voiced).

=ochitagitsu=, the fall and roar of rapids, cascades, &c.; applications obvious, 71.

=ohobuneno=, like great ship; applied to Katori no umi (pl. n.); to _kaji-tori_, steersman; other applications are obvious, one is to _tanomu_, rely on, trust to (as a sailor to his tall ship), 17, 22, 26, 27, 59, 70.

=ohokimino=, great lord; applications obvious, e.g. to Mikasa yama (hill-name), 47.

=ohokuchino=, great-jaws; used with Makami no hara, see 153; allusion, perhaps, to _ôkami_, wolf.

=Ohotomono=, used with Mitsu and Takashi (pl. n.); the reference is to the history of the Ohotomo clan. Cf. the Manyô lays on this clan.

=ohotorino=, great-bird, a name given to several large birds, swan, crane, fêng-bird, &c.; applications obvious.