=mihakashiwo=, what the sovran girds on; as a _tsurugi_ (straight Chinese sword), so used with Tsurugi no Ike (name of a pool). =mikamononasu=, like water wildfowl; applied to _futari-narabi-wi_ (two being together, as two lovers), like water-fowl (pairing), 50. =mikemukafu=, offering sovran’s food; m. k. of _ki_ (_saké_), homophon of _ki_ (tree, or more probably ‘fort’) in Kinohe (or _kinohe_ = a cup of _saké_); so of _aha_, millet (Ahaji island), _aji_ (wild-fowl), _mina_, shellfish (Minafuchi--more correctly = _midzu no fuchi_), or _mi_ (flesh), 26, 83. =mikokorowo=, the sovran’s heart; m. k. of Yoshinu, _mi kokoro wo yoshi_ = delighteth the sovran’s heart (soul), 10. =mikomokaru= (_mi_ = _ma_), right-sedge-cut; m. k. of Shinano province. The Kogi imagines a connexion by reading Shinano, _shina nu[ma]_, explaining _shina_ as _ura_, within, interior or back of--i.e. land with (sedgy) lakes in its interior. =mikushigeno=, like the fine comb-box; applied to Futakami Hill; _futa_, lid, is homophon of Futa [kami], twain gods. =mimorotsuku=, _mimoro_ may mean sacred dwelling or shrine (on Kase Hill), or may be written erroneously for _umi wo_, spool of hemp-yarn; _kase_ being a spindle. The m. k. is used with _Kaseyama_. _Tsuku_ would be _tsukuru_, construct, or _tsuku_, employ (the spindle); other explanations exist. To Miwa it is applied, taking Miwa as _miwaku_, a boiling spring, and therefore as sacred. =minahanasu=, like foam of water; m. k. of _moroki inochi_ (brittle, i.e. impermanent life of men). =minanowata=, pulp of Mina shell (Melania sp.); because of its blackness used as m. k. of _ka-guroki-kami_, jetty tresses, 64, 168. =minasegaha=, _mi-na(ki)-se-kaha_, waterless stream; _kohi ni mo so hito ha shinisuru minasegaha shita yu are yasu tsuki ni hi ni keni_, I die of love, as a stream without water I pass on and perish month by month, day by day (as the stream with too little water from its source does). =minashigaha=; see above. =mirunogoto=, like _miru_, seaweed; m. k. of _wawake_, rags, tatters. =misagowiru=, where fine-sand is; m. k. of _iso_ (beach), _su_ (shoal or sandy shore), _ariso_ (wild-beach). =misorayuku=, fine-air-traverse; m. k. of _tsuki_ (moon); _kumo_ (cloud). =mitorashino=, what the sovran taketh hold of; m. k. of _adzusa yami_, white-wood bow, 3. =mitsugurino=, like three chestnuts (in one shell); used with reference to _naka_, middle--middle as centre chestnut. =mitsumitsushi=, brilliant, glorious, m. k. applied to _kume no wakugo_, young lord of _kume_, more properly to _kume_, warrior, host of warriors, army (a word of Chinese origin?). The Ohotomo ancestor was an Ohokume (ccxxvii). =miwotsukushi=, mi-wo-tsu-kushi = _midzu oru no shirushi_, marks to show a fairway. Used, by a quibble, with _tsukushi_, in such a phrase as _kokoro wo tsukushi_, to the very bottom of my heart. =miyakehiku=, float down timber for palace; m. k. of Idzumi, river.