[11] See p. 14, under _Dos nomes adiectivos_, where the initial distinction is drawn between nominal and verbal adjectives. [12] Rodriguez does not treat the substantive verb in _Arte Breve_, but refers the reader to his earlier work for its description. [13] _Verbo pessoal_ as contrasted with _verbo substantivo_ and _verbo adjectivo_. [14] Rodriguez defines this term elsewhere (_Arte_, 56) as the vowels, _A_, _I_, _V_, _Ye_, _Vo_, in that order. See also the introduction to the _Vocabulario_. [15] This term, not found in the _Arte_, is applied to the entire complex of "spelling" rules which Rodriguez introduces into his description. While no clear-cut influences can be established, it is generally held by Doi and others that these rules are based upon _Kanazukai no chikamichi_ or some similar work. See _Kokugogaku taikei_, Vol. 9 (Tokyo, 1964), pp. 69-77. [16] Latin _liquesco_, "to become fluid, or melt." Used here as a term to describe the palatal and labial series. [17] This last phrase is to be understood in the context of the following passages which deal with euphonic change in the absence of a devise, _nigori ten_, to show voicing. [18] Rodriguez used _Vma_ regularly in the _Arte_, but notes the variant _Muma_ on 178v. [19] Presumably a reference to such variants as _Samurô_ for _Saburô_. [20] _Liurinho_, presumably a treatise such as the _Kanazukai no chikamichi_, by Ichijō Kanera. [21] In this passage Rodriguez is suggesting that certain European grammarians, out of ignorance of native grammatical theory, have misinterpreted the formational rules; and that, perhaps for pedogogical convenience, he has retained some of these "unnatural" rules in his description. [22] Read _Taxxi_. [23] Read _tatesai_. The punctuation _Tateyo_. _Tatei_, _tatesai_, is in all likelihood a typesetter's error for _Tateyo_, _tatei_, _tatesai_. [24] The conjugational display (27v) lists _motomuruni_ and _motomurutocoroni_. [25] Rodriguez is here confusing the usage of the classical particle _ran, ramu_ with the construction _te + ara + mu_. [26] In the conjugational charts we find: _motomeô_ } _motometarǒ_ } _toki_ _motomeôzuru_ } [27] The following notes are necessary to correct the printer's errors that occur in this listing: a. In the perfect conditional of _Vabi_ read _bitaraba_ for _bitaraaba_. b. The form _Fitobi_ should in all likelihood read _Fotobi_ 'to be wet.' c. The forms _Fotobi_, _Fokorobi_, and _Fusabi_ are all given present indicatives in _bu_. There seems to be no reason for the ending appropriate to the classical _shūshikei_ to be used for these particular verbs and the _bu_ is taken as a misprint of _buru_. The _Arte_ (28) lists these forms as regular. d. In the perfect conditional of _Mochiy_ read _ytaraba_ for _yttaraba_. e. The form _Coru_ should read _Cori_.