_O-Ai_ "Love."
_O-Chie_ "Intelligence."
_O-Chu_ "Loyalty."
_O-Jin_ "Tenderness,"--humanity.
_O-Jun_ "Faithful-to-death."
_O-Kaiyo_ "Forgiveness,"--pardon.
_O-Ken_ "Wise,"--in the sense of moral discernment.
_O-Ko_ "Filial Piety."
_O-Masa_ "Righteous,"--just.
_O-Michi_ "The Way,"--doctrine.
_Misao_ "Honor,"--wifely fidelity.
_O-Nao_ "The Upright,"--honest.
_O-Nobu_ "The Faithful."
_O-Rei_ "Propriety,"--in the old Chinese sense.
_O-Retsu_ "Chaste and True."
_O-Ryo_ "The Generous,"--magnanimous.
_O-Sada_ "The Chaste."
_O-Sei_ "Truth."
_O-Shin_ "Faith,"--in the sense of fidelity, trust.
_O-Shizu_ "The Tranquil,"--calm-souled.
_O-Setsu_ "Fidelity,"--wifely virtue.
_O-Tame_ "For-the-sake-of,"--a name suggesting
unselfishness.
_O-Tei_ "The Docile,"--in the meaning of virtuous
obedience.
_O-Toku_ "Virtue."
_O-Tomo_ "The Friend,"--especially in the meaning of
mate, companion.
_O-Tsune_ "Constancy."
_O-Yasu_ "The Amiable,"--gentle.
_O-Yoshi_ "The Good."
_O-Yoshi_ "The Respectful."
The next list will appear at first sight more heterogeneous than it
really is. It contains a larger variety of appellations than the
previous list; but nearly all of the _yobina_ refer to some good quality
which the parents trust that the child will display, or to some future
happiness which they hope that she will deserve. To the latter category
belong such names of felicitation as _Miyo_ and _Masayo_.