Yamabuki river; applies to _buki_ (_fuki_, blow) of _yamabuki_ (Kerria
Japonica); _-- chiye no ura_--(_chi_ taken as = _shi_, breath, _kaze_
being _kami shi_, God’s breath).
=akikusano=, like autumn grass; _-- musubishi himo_, knotted girdle, but
_musubi_ also means produce, as a plant produces fruit.
=akinohano=, like autumn leafery; _-- nihohi ni tereru_ (--abundantly
shine), 250.
=akitsushima=, Island of Ripe Ears _or_ Dragonfly-shaped
Island;--Yamato, 2, 141.
=akiyamano=, like autumnal hills; _-- shitaberu imo_ (little
sister delicate as fading sprays on an autumn hill-side); _-- iro
natsukashiku_, play on _iro_, colour (of autumn), and _iro_, term of
endearment, added to _natsukashiku_, lovely.
=amadzutafu=, sky-climb; _-- hi_ (sun); _-- irihi_ (setting sun);
_Higasano ura_, 17.
=amagomori=, rain-hidden; applied to Mikasa Hill (Cloud- or Mist-capped
Hill).
=amakazofu=, meaning not clear, perhaps sky-fathoming; used with _oho_,
great, vast, or _ohoyoso_, universal?
=amakumono=, like sky-cloud; used with _tayutafu_ (drift); _yukura
yukura_, _yuki no manimani_, _yukikaheri_, all involving idea of motion
to and fro, driftingly, &c. Also to _okuka mo shirazu_, unknowing term
or end; _tadoki mo shirazu_, helpless; _yoso_, any- or somewhere else;
_wakareshi yuku_, depart and go, 22, 25, 37, 45, 48, 57, 58, 62.
=Amanohara=, the sky-plain; _-- Fujiye_, _Fuji-san_, as piercing the
sky.
=amateruya=, heaven-shine-Oh! applied to _hi_ (sun).
=amatobuya=, sky fly-Oh!; used with _karu_ (mallard?), 27.
=amatsumidzu=, sky-water, i.e. rain; used with _afugite matsu_, looking
up to the sky as when hoping for rain, 22, 234.
=amazakaru=, heaven-distant; applied to _hina_, frontier-land, 9, 55,
213.
=amenimasu=, seated in heaven; used with _tsukuyomi wotoko_, God of the
moon.
=amoritsuku=, descend-from-heaven-upon; used with _Ame-_ or _Kami-no
Kaguyama_ (Mt. Kagu), 33.
=arahikinu=, cleansed vestment; used with name, Torikahi River;
_torikahi_ = change (clean for soiled garment).
=arakakino=, rough fence; used with _yoso_, elsewhere, without.
=ararenasu=, hail-like; used with _sochi yori kureba_, as if the hail
came from _sochi_, there--a curiously far-fetched application.
=arareutsu=, hail-beaten; used with Arare, place-name.
=arataheno=, coarse or unprepared stuff; used with Fuji (Wistaria,
fibres of which made a coarse cloth) as part of place-names, Fujiwi,
Fujiye, &c., 13, 14, 21.
=aratamano=, afresh, anew, future?; applied to _toshi_ (years), _tsuki_
(months), _ki-he_, pass on, pass, elapse, 48, 49.
=Arichigata=, place-name; used as sound-quibble with _ari_.
=arikinuno=, fresh or fine garment; used by sound quibble with
_arite arite nochi ni mo ahazarame ya mo_; here _arite_ = _ari-ari_
= real existence; with Mihe (place-name, lit. threefold), according
to Motowori the ‘three’ refer to outer, inner, and middle garment;
with _sawi-sawi_ (_shidzumi_), rustling (of dress against dress),
tranquillity; _sawe sawe_, similar sense; with _takara_, treasure, K.
xcix.
=Arimasuge=, Arima sedge; sound-quibble with _ari_.
=arisomatsu=, shore pine; used with the homophon _matsu_ (wait), as in
_arisomatsu a wo matsu kora_, Oh, the pine by the shore! there the maid
pines for me!
=arisonami=, shore-waves; by sound-quibble used with _arite_ for
_ari-arite_.
=asagirino=, like morning mist; _-- ohi ni ahimishi_, indistinctly seen
as in morning mist. So with _omohi-madohite_, _midaruru kokoro_, heart
disordered and distracted with love, 224.
=asahinasu=, like morning sun; _-- maguhashi mo_, as morning sun so
bright and lovely.
=asahisashi=, direction towards morning sun; _-- magirahashi mo na_
(confused, dazzled as by rays of morning sun); _-- so-gai ni miyuru_,
seen where back turned on rays of morning sun, 222, see Gloss. _sogahi_.
=asahisasu=, morning-sun-impinge; _-- kasuga_ (spring day brilliant as
morning-sun).
=asajihara=, reed plain--with _tsubara, tsubara_ (minutely) because of
identity in sound (_hara-bara_); with _wonu_, little moor, because of
signification; and with _chifu_, place where _chi_ reeds grow, because
of identity of _ji_ and _chi_ (voiced).
=asakahono=, like the morning-glory; _-- ho ni ha sakidenu_, burst out
in bloom like the m. g.
=asakami no=, morning-hair; _-- omohi-midarete_, thoughts as tangled as
morning-hair (after sleep), 60.
=asakasumi=, mist of dawn; _-- yahe yama_, many-fold (as of mists)
hills; _-- kabi_ (fire to decoy deer or chase mosquitoes as seen on
misty mornings); _-- honoka_, dimly as in mist (or _kabi_ (_kahi_) may
= _kirahi_, be misty).
=asamoyoshi=, like hempen vestment, smock; _-- ki_ (homophon of _ki_,
put on, don), 24, 57, 183, 213.
=asashimono=, like morning hoar frost; _-- kenaba kenu gani_; _--
ke yasuki inochi_; _kenubeku no miya_, as passing, evanescent, as
hoar-frost.
=asatorino=, morning birds; _-- kayohasu kimi_, my lord passing early
as morning birds fly; _-- ne nomi nakitsutu_, while filling the air
with cries like morning birds.
=asatsuyuno=, like morning dew; used as _asashimono_.
=ashibinasu=, like _ashibi_, flowerage; _-- sakayeshi kimi_ (my lord
brilliant as bloom of Ashibi, Andromeda sp.).
=ashigachiru=, reed-scatter; applied to Naniha as a reedy place.
=ashiharano=, reed-plain, used with Yamato or Midzuho no kuni, 133,
147, 227.
=ashihikino=, a difficult word, one meaning assigned is _ashi-hiki_,
foot-dragging (wearisome), another is _ashi-hiki-ki_, an enclosure
(defence work), reached with toil (steep, &c.), another _ikashi-hi-ki_,
flourishing _hi_ (Chamaecyparis) trees--the Kogi seems to accept the
last. Applied to _yama_ (hill), _wonohe_ (top of a hill), _yatsuwo_
(_yama tsu wo_, hill-top), _ko no ma_ (clump of trees), _ihane_ (rocky
peak), _arashi_ (mountain wind), _wotemokonomo_ (this and that hill
slope), 49, 50.
=Ashihoyama=, name of a hill in Hitachi; applied by sound-quibble to
_ashigaru_, reed-_karu_ (sort of mallard?).
=ashikabino=, plumy-reed-top-like; _-- a nayamu_ or _ana yamu_,
bending, or feeble, like reed-top.
=ashikakino=, reed-hedge or fence; _-- furinishi sato_, (ancient home);
_-- omohi-midare_ (thoughts tangled as reeds in hedge); _-- hoka_
(outside), the fence being limit between interior and exterior of the
compound, 123, 155, 240.
=ashinoneno=, like root of reed; applied by sound-quibble to
_nemokoro_, earnest, _ne_, as homophon, meaning root.
=ashinoure= = _ashikabi no_.
=ashitadzuno=, like reed-birds; _-- ne nomi shi nakayu_ (screaming like
reed-birds); _-- ana tadzutadzushi_, oh how uncertain (is this road--as
in the dark), here as sound-quibble.
=atekawoshi= (_ajikawoshi_ = _ajikayoshi_, the meaning of _ajika_
unknown); by sound-quibble applied to Chika no saki (place-name).
=awayukino=, like foam and snow; used with _kihe_ (_ke_), pass away,
vanish, or with words connoting evanescence.
=awohatano=, like a green banner; perhaps a corruption of _aya hata_,
pattern-stuff banner; used with Kadzuraki (place-name); _-- kadzura_,
chaplet,--and with Osaka (little pass), name of a hill, _osaka_ being
compared with _osoki_ (_osohi-ki_), outer vestment (_uhagi_), 55, 190.
=awokumono=, like dark cloud or clouds, regarded as made up of piled
_white_ clouds; hence used with _shiro_ white, also with _ideko_, come
forth (as a cloud does); _-- ideko_, 186; _wagimo_, come forth as the
piled clouds; come forth, my love!
=awomidzura=, a much disputed word; _midzura_ may be _kami tsura_,
parted hair, and _awo midzura_, a chaplet of green spray (Kadzura, &c).
It is used with the place-name Yosami no hara (probably Plain of cold
nights), _yosami_ being taken as _yose-ami_, woven together (as the
chaplet would be).
=awoniyoshi= (a much disputed word), used only with Nara--_yoshi_ is
exclamative, _yo shi_. The characters employed mean ‘green earth’--(or
‘fine earth’?).--Nara is connected with _narasu_, to make level, so
_awoniyoshi Nara no miyako_ might mean the Capital (or Palace), erected
on well-levelled fine ground, _-- narasu_ or _fumi-narasu_, trample
level; see also K. lviii, 7, 9, 15, 24, 137. Nara also means ‘oak-tree’
and the m. k. might refer to its greenery.
=awoyagino=, like green willow sprays; used with place-name Kadzuraki
(Kadzura = Chaplet); also with Hararo (name of river), by sound-quibble
with _haru_, stretch up (as the young willow shoot does rapidly); also
with _mayone_, as in _-- kuhashi mayone_, eyebrows (of girl), beautiful
as the bending willow spray. It is also used with _ito_, thread, with
allusion to the slender drooping branches.
=chichinomino=, like the fruit of the maidenhair tree; used by
sound-quibble with _chichi_ (father), 262.
=chidorinaku=, where dotterels cry; used as descriptive m. k. _of_
rivers, as Saho and Yoshinu.
=chihayaburu=, thousand-rock-smashing, or thousand-swift-brandishing;
with _Kami_ (god); Uji (name of ferry--the application is obscure,
possibly through _uji_, clan or family); Kane (name of headland), as a
place where the waves beat roughly on the rocks, 24, 59, 204, 225, 263;
_chi_ may also = _te_, handle, hilt.
=chihayahito=, much the same application as _chihayaburu_, q.v.
=chirihijino=, like dust and dirt; m. k. of _kadzu ni mo aranu_, of no
account, i.e. mankind.
=fujikoromo=, vestment made of cloth of Wistaria fibre; m. k. of _ma_,
_tohoku_ (here used as = coarse-meshed, coarse-woven); of _naru_ =
_nareru_, be accustomed to (wear).
=fujinamino=, a wave or festoon of Wistaria blossom; m. k. of _omohi
matsuhari_, love-enveloped as by a mass of Wistaria flowers.
=fukamiruno=, like deep-sea weed (Codium sp.?); m. k. by sound-quibble
with _fuka_ (deep); with _mi_, _miru_ (see), in compounds chiefly, 17,
172, 173.
=funehatsuru=, where a ship ends voyage at; m. k. of Tsushima in Korean
straits.
=furukoromo=, old soiled garment; after cleansing it was beaten (_mata
uchi_); hence used as m. k. of Matsuchi (hill-name); also of _utsu_ in
_utsuteshi_ (_uchi-suteshi_), 89.
=furuyukino=, like falling snow; m. k. of _ke_ (pass away, vanish); of
_shirokami_ (white hairs); by sound-quibble of _yuki_ (go); of _ke_,
_kihe_ (elapse); _shiki_ (spread); _ichishiroku_ (conspicuous).
=fuseyataki=, burning down a hut; m. k. of _susushi_, sooty, 125.
=fusumachiwo=, draw a coverlet or rug over one?; hence m. k. of _hiku_
(draw); in Hikite (hill-name), _chi_, perhaps = _te_.
=fuyukomori=, winter-prisoned; m. k. of _haru_, spring, 6, 24, 43.
=hafukuzuno=, like creeping _kuzu_ (Pueraria); applied to what is
interminable, indefinitely long, 46.
=hafutsutano=, like creeping ivy; hard to strip off, so applied to
_wakaru_, separate, part (one from another), 123, 166.
=hahasobano=, lit. like _hahaso_, oak (or leaf thereof). _Hahaso_ is
Quercus dentata. But by sound-quibble it is used as m. k. of _haha_,
mother (or _haha-soba_, mother’s side).
=hahomameno=, like _hahomame_ (?); used with _karamuru kimi_, my lord
whom I embrace (_hahomame_ must be a leguminous? creeper of some sort,
as its name indicates).
=hamahisaki=, lit. shore Catalpa, but not identified. There is a
_hamahisakaki_ (Eurya chinensis). Used, by sound-quibble, with
_hisashiku_, for a long time.
=hamasudori=, shore-birds, wild duck, goose, &c., which waddle about
as though lame; hence used with _ana yumu_ = _ana yamu_ = foot-waddle
(_ashi nayamu_?).
=hanachirafu= (_hanachiru_), scattering and falling of blossoms; used
with _aki_ (autumn); with _kono_ (_ko_ taken as = _ki_, tree), _muka
tsu wo_, these ridges opposite (where the tree blossoms are falling?);
reference to a peak in Ômi called Wonanowo.
=hanaguhashi=, florescence-fine; m. k. of _ashi_ in _ashigaki_,
reed-fence.
=hanakatsumi=, like victorious flower, a kind of iris (_Kamayama
ayame_?); used with _katsute mo shiranu_, never known before, beyond
anything known.
=hanezuirono=, like _hanezu_ colour (red); m. k. of _utsurofu_, change,
fade.
=haruhanano=, spring blossoms; m. k. of _tafutoki_ (splendid),
_utsurohi_ (fade, change), _iya medzurashi_ (more and more beautiful),
_nihohe_ (flourish), _sakari_ (blossom).
=haruhiwo=, a spring day (or sun); used with _kasuga_, a spring day
(_kasumi ka_, misty day), 41, 92.
=harukasumi=, spring mist; m. k. of _kasuga_ (spring day); used with
_wi_ (well), as homophon of _wi_, rest, hover (as mists do); with _obo
ni shi ’mohaba_, if I think indistinctly.
=harukazeno=, like winds in spring; with _oto_ (murmur of the winds).
=harukusano=, like spring plants; m. k. of _medzurashi_ (beautiful);
_shigeki_ (abundant).
=harukusawo=, spring grass; used with _uma kahi_, horse-feed.
=harutorino=, like birds in spring; used with _samayohi_ (wander hither
and thither); _kowe no samayohi_ (cry heard in all directions); _-- ne
naki_ (cry and scream), 24.
=haruyamano=, like hills of spring; in which the leaves of the trees in
spring being young droop; m. k. of _shinahi_ (bend, droop); of _obo_,
indistinct, alluding to thick foliage and mists of spring.
=haruyanagi=, spring-willow; applied to _kadzura_, which is compared
with the long drooping thready willow-spray showing its florescence in
spring-time?
=hashimukafu=, vis-a-vis, like chopsticks; so brothers may be said to
stand; or mutually affectionate (_hashi_), as brothers ought to be; m.
k. of _oto_, younger brother, 123.
=hashitateno=, like a ladder, m. k. of _kura_ (storehouse), in
composition or simply as sound-quibble; of _kumaki_ for _kumiki_,
timber put together for house-building (some say _kumaki_ is
bear-palisade (to keep out bears)); of _sakashiki_ (steep).
=hatsuhanano=, like opening first blossom; used with _haru_ (spring);
_chiru_ (wither and fall).
=hatasusuki=, a tall plumy swaying reed, Miscanthus sinensis; applied
to things conspicuous, as blossoming, blooming, flourishing, or to a
top or upper bloom (_ura_, _ure_), or to words containing above by
composition, quibble-wise, or otherwise.
=hayakahano=, like swift stream; used with _yukuhe mo shirazu_
(unknowing future course), 157.
=hikarukami= (written dazzling god), lightning; used by word-quibble
with _Narihata wotome_, the girl Narihata (_nari_ = thunder,--_nari
hatataku_, roll of thunder).
=hikuamino=, like drawing-net; also error for _nihotori_; used with
_nadzusahi komu_ (will come swimming or floating).
=himokagami=, m. k. of Notoka (hill-name). The explanation given is
that _himo_ is the cord by which the _kagami_ (mirror) was hung up, and
_notoka_, a corruption of _na toki_, do not unfasten (because my lover
is coming), _kimi kimaseru ni himo akezu namu_.
=himonowono=, the cord or girdle that ties a vestment; as a m. k. of
_kokoro_, the allusion is to the tying of knots in such fastenings by
lovers to mark fidelity; of _itsugari-ahite_, as meaning leading in the
bonds of love.
=hinakumori=, either _hi no kumori_ (clouded sun) or _hita kugumoru_,
quite overclouded; the light then becomes _usui_ (thin or dim)--to
_usui_ the m. k. is applied.
=hinomotono=, sun-source; m. k. of Yamato. [Is this m. k. a translation
of _Nihon_ or the reverse?]
=hisakatano=. A difficult word, variously written. It may mean
a long time or long ago, sunshine-source (Br.), gourd-shaped
(inversely-concave, _hisaokata_). A m. k. of _ame_ (heaven); _ame_
(rain), _tsuki_ (moon); Miyako (City-Royal--the heavenly place, as
residence of Mikado). See 22, 24, 25, 32, 34, 42, 45, 51, 62, 68.
=hotarunasu=, like firefly; m. k. of _honoka_, dim (fireflies being
visible enough, but in their quick motion indistinct), 196.
=hototogisu=, cuckoo-bird; m. k. of Tobata (name of a bay), _tobu
hata_ (fly-flag); of _hotohoto_ (noise of knocking--at door by or of
mistress), as sound-quibble.
=ihabashino=, stepping-stones-like; used with _chikaki_ (near--as
stepping-stones are close together); also _tohoki naku_, not distant,
or rocks connected by slight bridges.
=ihabashiru=, swirl among rocks; used with Tarumi, place-name
(descending water); _tagi_ (cascade or rapids); Afumi (_aha-umi_,
foam-water), or Lake Ômi (Biwa); Kamunabi (_kami-nari-buri_), thunder =
noise of falling water, 9, 13, 134.
=ihafuchino=, like pool (of river), rock-enclosed; used with _komori_,
seclude, enclose.
=ihahonasu=, rock- or cliff-like; used with _tokiha_, everlasting,
comp. everlasting hills.
=ihahosuge=, rock-growing sedge; used with _ne_ (root), of _nemokoro_
(earnestly), a word-play.
=ihakuyeno=, rock-crumbling; through similarity of sound with _kuyu_
(_koyu_), cross.
=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.