=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.