=shinaderu= = shinatsu, steepwise as the rise of a hill; used with _kata_, as meaning hill-slope or shoulder (in compounds), 106. Meaning obscure. =shinagatori=, either tail (rump)-long bird, or breath-long bird; _nihotori_ (grebe), used with Wina (pl. n.); _wi_ = be with (here = pair, as _nihotori_ do), also with _aha_, perhaps for _uhaha_, upper feathers--but this use is obscure, 104. =shinahinebu=, bend-_nebu_-tree; Albizzia Julibrissin?--used, by sound-quibble, with _a ha shinubi yezu_, I cannot conceal or endure. =shinazakaru=, _shina-saka-aru_, having steep passes; applied to Koshi, 214, 252. =shinunomeno=, shoot of _shino_ or _shinu_ (a small bamboo): used with _shinubu_, by sound-quibble. =shirakumono=, white cloud; emblem of impermanence, hence used with _sugu_ (pass); with _tatsu_ (rise) in Tatsuta-hill (written with _tatsu_, dragon); also with _taye_ (cease, end), 86, 107. =shiramanago=, white sand; with words denoting brilliance, clearness, &c. =shiramayumi=, Euonymus Europoea, L.? the ‘yumi’ (bow) applies to _haru_ (stretch); _i_ (shoot); _hi_ of Hida, as if of _hiku_ (draw). =shiranamino=, white waves; _to hama_ (shore); _to ichishiroku_ (conspicuous? perhaps referring to beacons on hills); _to omoshiru kimi_, my lord whom I recognize clearly. =shiranuhino=, of unknown fires; used with Tsukushi, where strange flames are supposed to have been seen by a Mikado. Probably they were watch-fires or beacons, but see lay 61. =shiranukuni=, ignorant, i.e. foreign land; used with _yori koseji_ (Kosè road), _yorikose_ being understood as involving a reference to bringing a foreign land under the beneficent rule of the Mikado. =shirasugeno=, white (or shining) sedge; with Manu (name of a place famous for its sedges); also, sound-quibble, _shiraretaru_, known. =shiratamano=, like white jewel, precious, lovely, &c., 120. =shiratohoru=, a very difficult word, used with Wonihita (hill-name)--the suggestion has been made, _shira to horu_, where men dig out white (fine) grindstones! =shiratorino=, white bird; used with _sagi_, stork (Sagisaka, pl. n.); with Tobayama (_tobu_ = fly); also, obscurely, with _ma nu_. =shiratsutsuzhi=, white azalea; used, by sound-quibble, with _shiranu_ (_koto mochi_), not-know. =shiratsuyuno=, white dew; with _ke_, vanish. =shirayukino=, white snow; with _ichishiroku_, conspicuous. =shirikusano=, a plant (unknown); used, by sound-quibble, with the phrase _hito mina shirinu aga_; I whom all knew. =shirotaheno=, white _tahe_-cloth or white and dazzling; with _koromo_ (dress); _sode_ (sleeve); _tasuki_ (shoulder-bands); _hire_ (wimple); _himo_ (girdle or cord); _obi_ (girdle), 24 and _passim_, see 28, 31, 48.