Part 18

=ohowigusa=, Scirpus lacustris, L. (Japanese variety); this seems to be used with _yoso_ (elsewhere, anywhere), by sound-quibble as if _yoso_, were _ohoyoso_ (oyoso), everywhere, generally.

=ohoyukino=, great snow-storm; used with _midare_, confusion.

=okinisumu=, mid-sea-dwelling; applications obvious.

=okitsumono= (_oki tsu mo no_), mid-sea sea-weed; used with Nabari no yama (hill-name),--_nabaru_ = _kakaru_ and _nabiku_, yield, bend.

=okitsunami=, deep-sea waves; applications are obvious when they occur, to wave-motion, wave-restlessness, wave-heaving, &c., 252.

=okitsutori=, mid-sea-birds; applications obvious.

=okuyamano=, inner mountains, that is away from coast, recesses of the hills; applications obvious.

=oshiteru= (--_ya_), probably _oshitateru_, surging, toppling; applied to Naniha (_nami-haya_, swift waves). Some prefer to read the m. k. as sparkling, shining, 48, 77, 79, 259. 261.

=sabahenasu=, buzz like flies in _sa_ (5th) month; used with _sawaku_, make a noise or commotion (as a crowd does), 52, 69.

=Sadanourano=, place-name; by sound-quibble applied to _konosada_ (_wori_) _sugite_, the time having passed.

=sadzuhitono=, like hunters or fishers (wild boar or whale, &c.)--used with Yutsuki (hill-name), _yu_ = _yumi_, bow.

=sagoromono=, outer garment; used with _wo_, cord, with which it was fastened (sound-quibble in Wotsukubanero)--_wo_ is here a prefix, perhaps of praise, sort of diminutive.

=sahidzuruyo=; see kotosaheku.

=sakatorino=, birds (that fly) about the pass; used with _asa koye_, morning or early crossing of a pass, 12.

=sakidakeno=, like split bamboo; used with phrase _sogahi ni neshi_, sleep like halves of split bamboo, back to back.

=sakikusano= (Habenaria radiata, Thun.); a three-stemmed plant, name of which is thus used, with reference to the middle stem, with _naka ni nemu_, sleep between (as child between parents), 70.

=sakuhanano=, blooming blossom; used with _utsurofu_, change, fade.

=sakurabana=, cherry-blossom; used with _sakaye wotome_, blooming maid.

=sanakadzura= (_sanekadzura_), 160.

=sanekadzura= (see _sana k--_), Kadzura japonica, L.; a long-coiling creeper, hence used with phrases and words involving reference to time, _nochi_ (after), _ahamu_ (will meet), _tayuru_ (cease), 27, 161.

=sanekayano=, seems = _sanekadzura_; (also _kaya_ with strong close roots); used with reference to _makoto nagoya_ = sane, true, real--yielding, soft.

=sanidzurafu=, truly red-like, ruddy; used with _ohokimi_, _kimi_, _imo_, _wotome_, _iro_ (colour, complexion), _momichi_ (red of autumn), _himo_ (cord, girdle), 45, 55, 94.

=sashinamino=, be on level, in row with; used with _tonari_, neighbouring (buildings, houses, &c.), 90.

=sashinoboru=, ascend up towards heaven; said of Hirume no mikoto.

=sashisusumu=, a difficult word, as written = stick out; read with _kuru_ (_kuri_), chestnut with the spines on, by sound-quibble as m. k. of _Kurusu_ (name of a moor).

=sasudakeno=, sprouting bamboo; bamboo shooting from the ground, a rapid process denoting vigour, &c.--hence used with words meaning lord, prince, &c. also with phrase _ha komorite_ (_ha_) = leaf-hidden, 92, 93.

=sasuyanagi=, planted willow; slip of planted willow quickly roots, hence m. k. used with _ne haru_ said of _adzusa_ (white-wood, bow-wood), root-spread.

=sawoshikano=, like hart or buck; used with Iri (name of a moor), _iri_ read as _iru_, be in, i.e. where deer are.

=sayuribana=, lily-flower; m. k. of _yuri_, lily.

=sazarenami=, ripples; with _iso_, shore; _shikite_ repeatedly; _yamu toki mo nashi_, without ceasing; _tachete mo wite mo_, continually.

=shidzutamaki=, armlet of mean person; with _kazu ni mo aranu_ (of no account), _iyashiki_, mean.

=shihobuneno=, ships in port with or waiting the tide; used with _narabu_, arrange in row; with _okareba kanashi_ the m. k. is obscure, probably the reference is to ships left in harbour as one spouse is _left_ when other away.

=shikishimano=, an epithet of Yamato as = Japan. A difficult m. k. It is sometimes written ‘spread-out islands’, sometimes ‘stone-work or fort-tract, or island’, the site of an ancient capital.

=shikitaheno=, spread out _tahe_, cloth made of mulberry-bark fibre; or spread-out and fine, used with words meaning dress, pillow, bed-place, dwelling, sleeve, 17, 26, 29, 30, 49, 58, 70, 82.

=shimadzutafu=, threading or coasting islands; m. k. of _fune_, ship, boat.

=Shimanonuno=, Moor of Shima; used, by sound-quibble, with _shibashiba_ (often), _shiba_ and _shima_ being related in sound.

=shimatsutori=, island birds (cormorants); used with _ukabu_, swim, float.

=shinaderu= = shinatsu, steepwise as the rise of a hill; used with _kata_, as meaning hill-slope or shoulder (in compounds), 106. Meaning obscure.

=shinagatori=, either tail (rump)-long bird, or breath-long bird; _nihotori_ (grebe), used with Wina (pl. n.); _wi_ = be with (here = pair, as _nihotori_ do), also with _aha_, perhaps for _uhaha_, upper feathers--but this use is obscure, 104.

=shinahinebu=, bend-_nebu_-tree; Albizzia Julibrissin?--used, by sound-quibble, with _a ha shinubi yezu_, I cannot conceal or endure.

=shinazakaru=, _shina-saka-aru_, having steep passes; applied to Koshi, 214, 252.

=shinunomeno=, shoot of _shino_ or _shinu_ (a small bamboo): used with _shinubu_, by sound-quibble.

=shirakumono=, white cloud; emblem of impermanence, hence used with _sugu_ (pass); with _tatsu_ (rise) in Tatsuta-hill (written with _tatsu_, dragon); also with _taye_ (cease, end), 86, 107.

=shiramanago=, white sand; with words denoting brilliance, clearness, &c.

=shiramayumi=, Euonymus Europoea, L.? the ‘yumi’ (bow) applies to _haru_ (stretch); _i_ (shoot); _hi_ of Hida, as if of _hiku_ (draw).

=shiranamino=, white waves; _to hama_ (shore); _to ichishiroku_ (conspicuous? perhaps referring to beacons on hills); _to omoshiru kimi_, my lord whom I recognize clearly.

=shiranuhino=, of unknown fires; used with Tsukushi, where strange flames are supposed to have been seen by a Mikado. Probably they were watch-fires or beacons, but see lay 61.

=shiranukuni=, ignorant, i.e. foreign land; used with _yori koseji_ (Kosè road), _yorikose_ being understood as involving a reference to bringing a foreign land under the beneficent rule of the Mikado.

=shirasugeno=, white (or shining) sedge; with Manu (name of a place famous for its sedges); also, sound-quibble, _shiraretaru_, known.

=shiratamano=, like white jewel, precious, lovely, &c., 120.

=shiratohoru=, a very difficult word, used with Wonihita (hill-name)--the suggestion has been made, _shira to horu_, where men dig out white (fine) grindstones!

=shiratorino=, white bird; used with _sagi_, stork (Sagisaka, pl. n.); with Tobayama (_tobu_ = fly); also, obscurely, with _ma nu_.

=shiratsutsuzhi=, white azalea; used, by sound-quibble, with _shiranu_ (_koto mochi_), not-know.

=shiratsuyuno=, white dew; with _ke_, vanish.

=shirayukino=, white snow; with _ichishiroku_, conspicuous.

=shirikusano=, a plant (unknown); used, by sound-quibble, with the phrase _hito mina shirinu aga_; I whom all knew.

=shirotaheno=, white _tahe_-cloth or white and dazzling; with _koromo_ (dress); _sode_ (sleeve); _tasuki_ (shoulder-bands); _hire_ (wimple); _himo_ (girdle or cord); _obi_ (girdle), 24 and _passim_, see 28, 31, 48.

=shishizhimono=, like deer; with _ihahi-fushi_, kneel invoking; _hizawori-fushi_, kneel; these uses refer to deer’s mode of kneeling;--with _yumiya kakumite_, surrounded (as prisoner) by archers as deer are when hunted; also with _midzukuhegomoru_, water-immersed, referring to deer standing in pools for refreshment, &c. (comp. Lamb’s ‘Yon tall and elegant stag, | who paints a dancing shadow of his horns | in the water where he drinks).

=shitabimono= (_shitamono no himo_), string of a petticoat: used, by sound-quibble (partly with meaning), with _shitayu kofuru_, love devotedly.

=shizhikushiro=, written to signify ‘abundant armlets’ but more probably meaning ‘abundant sake’. The m. k. is used as a praise-epithet of _yomi_, Hades, 125.

=sudzukaneno=, like horse-bells; m. k. of _hayuma_, swift horse, government messenger’s horse.

=suganoneno=, rush-root; epithet of _naga_ (long); cf. _omohimidare_ (thought- or love-disturbed); _[ne] mokoro_; _tayuru_ (cease, end).

=sugimurano=, cryptomeria grove; by sound-quibble with _sugi_, pass, pass beyond.

=Sukanoyama=, Suka-hill; by sound-quibble applied to _sukanaku_, unloving or unloved (_sugenaku_).

=soramitsu= (a difficult word), written, sky-seen-station; the usual explanation of its application to Yamato is that it was Yamato that the God Nigihayabi made his goal when he descended from Heaven (see N. I. 111). More probably the m. k. means sky-shine, sky-bright, and should be applied to _yama_ (hill), part of the name Yamato; or it may mean sky-seen, seen high against the sky, 1, 9, 68, 254, 256.

=tachibanano=, like orange-tree; applied to Miyeri (pl. n.); _-- mi_ (fruit of orange), assimilated to Mi.

=tachibanawo=, the orange-tree; used with _mori_, watchman (to prevent theft of fruit), homophonous with Mori[be no sato], a village-name.

=tachikomono=, _komo_ is an Eastland form of _kamo_, wild duck; used with _tachi no sawaki_, the din of rising wild duck as they leave the water with a whirr.

=tachinoshiri=, sword-point; _tachi no shiri saya ni_ Irinu, sword-point has entered scabbard (Irinu = moor of Iri, also _irinu_, has entered); with _tama maku tawi_ (a field sown with rice-seed), the reference is to the jewelled (_tama mahu_), point of the scabbard.

=tadawatari=, cross simply, not in a boat but by wading (as when in a hurry); with _kaha yuki-watari_ (cross stream); with Anashi (river-name), _anashi_ = _ana ashi_ = alas for one’s feet! or Oh one’s feet!

=tadzuganaku=, where the cranes scream; said of Nagoye (creek-name), and _ashihe_, reedy place.

=tahamidzura=, name of a _tsura_, creeping plant, it may = _tamakadzura_; used with _hiku_, draw, pull upon.

=takahikaru=, high-shine, as the sun in heaven; used with Hino miko, Hino mikado; _hi_ denoting sun-descent, 12, 13, 14, 22, 25, 32, 34, 68.

=takakurano=, high-throned; used with Mikasa (hill-name), by reference to _mi kasa_ Sovran’s canopy.

=takamikura=, high-grand-throned; used with _Ama no hi tsugi_, descent from Heaven’s sun, 228.

=takigikoru=, cut faggots; used with _kama_, bill, homophonous with Kama (kura), hill-name.

=takubusuma=, a quilt or sleeping-dress made of _taku_ (white mulberry-bark cloth); hence applied to _shira_, white, in names and compounds.

=takudzununo=, a rope made of mulberry-fibre; used with words of whiteness and of length as _shirahige_ (white hair); Shiraki (a Korean province); _nagaki inochi_, long life, 49, 262.

=takuhireno=, wimple or _hire_ made of mulberry cloth; used with Shirahama (white sands); Sagi [saka], Stork Pass; _kake_, put on.

=takunahano=, cord of mulberry-fibre; used with _chihiro_, a thousand fathoms [long], 29.

=tamadzusa=, precious white-wood (Catalpa); used with _tsukahi_, messenger. Motowori thinks they carried a jewelled wand of _adzusa_ as a badge. Others say _tamadzusa_ were exchanged between men and women, as a keepsake or souvenir in Michinoku, made of paper variously arranged to give different meanings; in Sanuki, a lover’s offering made of straw. It may have been a spray of Catalpa (or cherry?) to which a gif