=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.