=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?]