Primitive & Mediaeval Japanese Texts: Transliterated into Roman with introductions, notes and glossaries
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Primitive & Mediaeval Japanese Texts: Transliterated into Roman with introductions, notes and glossaries
Japanese literature -- To 1868
=miyukifuru=, falling of snow; m. k. of Koshi (one of the north-west
provinces very cold in winter), and _fuyu_, winter.
=mochidzukino=, like full-moon; m. k. of _tatahashi_ (complete,
perfect, &c.); of _omowa_ (face, visage); of _medzurashi_ (lovely).
=mochitori=, limed bird; m. k. of _kakarahashi_, be concerned, involved
in, entangled (as lover is), 62, 183.
=modamoarazu=, not-silent; m. k. of Ihoshirowoda (pl. n.); _iho_ taken
as = _ifu_ (_f_ and _h_ were nearly like-sounded), say, speak.
=momichibano=, russet leaves of autumn; with _chiri_, _sugi_, _utsuri_,
fall, pass, fade, 174, 192.
=momodzutafu=, hundred-wise thread or coast, i.e. as applied to _yaso
no shima_, make one’s way among all the islands; to Minu (as _mi nu_,
fair moors, coasting along hundreds of fair moors); Minu of course is
merely a place-name, and the application of the m. k. is a quibble.
=momofuneno=, hundreds of ships, i.e. all ships; used with _hatsuru
shima_, island where ships anchor, Tsushima, 97.
=momoshikino=, written as a hundred stone-forts (i.e. countless --);
_shiki_ seems to have been an earthwork strengthened with stone,
_momoshiki no miya_, a palace built with stones enough for countless
_shiki_, 33, 74, 75.
=momoshinuno=, hundreds (crowds) of _shinu_ (small bamboo); used with
Minu (regarded as _mi nu_ = _ma nu_, true, fine moor), 185.
=momotarazu=, not a hundred--m. k. of _yaso_ (eighty); of _ikada_
(raft--_ika_, how many?); of _i_ fifty (_i tsuki no yeda_--branches of
fifty _tsuki_, trees), 13, 131, 204.
=momoyogusa=, a plant said to resemble an aster or pyrethrum; by
sound-quibble with _momo yo idemase_--a hundred nights went forth.
=mononofuno=, weapon-wight, armed retainer, guard; m. k. of _yaso_
(eighty, i.e. all the _uji_ or _tomo_, guilds, military families, &c.);
of _uji_ (family); of _Ihase no mori_ (Shrine of Ihase), because the
_mononofu_ crowded (_ihamu_) the camp, 13, 52, 59, 77, 92.
=murakimono=, the inner organs taken together; used with _kokoro_,
heart, as one of them, 4, 128.
=murasakino=, purple colour; used with Kokata (pl. n.), from
resemblance of _kokata_ to _koki_, deepen colour or dye deep shade of
colour; on account of the fragrance of the flower so-called, a species
of Lithospermum, used with _nihoeru_, as in--_nihoeru imo_, my love,
fragrant as _murasaki_ bloom.
=muratamano=, like a lot of pearls; m. k. of _kuru_, wind, thread or
turn round &c.? with _kuru ni kugi sashi_ = pivot of door, turning
round like stringed pearls. Some equate the m. k. with _nubatama_, q. v.
=muratorino=, flocking birds; with _mure_ (assemble); _asatachi_
(morning flight); _idetachi_, start and rise (of birds), 92, 117, 166.
=nabikimono=, what bends, yields; with _yorineshi_, sleep close by.
=naguhashi= (--ki), name or fame-fine; descriptive m. k. of Yoshinu,
Samine no shima, Inami, &c.
=nagurusano=, a bow-shot distance; m. k. of _tohoki_, &c.
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