=shishizhimono=, like deer; with _ihahi-fushi_, kneel invoking; _hizawori-fushi_, kneel; these uses refer to deer’s mode of kneeling;--with _yumiya kakumite_, surrounded (as prisoner) by archers as deer are when hunted; also with _midzukuhegomoru_, water-immersed, referring to deer standing in pools for refreshment, &c. (comp. Lamb’s ‘Yon tall and elegant stag, | who paints a dancing shadow of his horns | in the water where he drinks). =shitabimono= (_shitamono no himo_), string of a petticoat: used, by sound-quibble (partly with meaning), with _shitayu kofuru_, love devotedly. =shizhikushiro=, written to signify ‘abundant armlets’ but more probably meaning ‘abundant sake’. The m. k. is used as a praise-epithet of _yomi_, Hades, 125. =sudzukaneno=, like horse-bells; m. k. of _hayuma_, swift horse, government messenger’s horse. =suganoneno=, rush-root; epithet of _naga_ (long); cf. _omohimidare_ (thought- or love-disturbed); _[ne] mokoro_; _tayuru_ (cease, end). =sugimurano=, cryptomeria grove; by sound-quibble with _sugi_, pass, pass beyond. =Sukanoyama=, Suka-hill; by sound-quibble applied to _sukanaku_, unloving or unloved (_sugenaku_). =soramitsu= (a difficult word), written, sky-seen-station; the usual explanation of its application to Yamato is that it was Yamato that the God Nigihayabi made his goal when he descended from Heaven (see N. I. 111). More probably the m. k. means sky-shine, sky-bright, and should be applied to _yama_ (hill), part of the name Yamato; or it may mean sky-seen, seen high against the sky, 1, 9, 68, 254, 256. =tachibanano=, like orange-tree; applied to Miyeri (pl. n.); _-- mi_ (fruit of orange), assimilated to Mi. =tachibanawo=, the orange-tree; used with _mori_, watchman (to prevent theft of fruit), homophonous with Mori[be no sato], a village-name. =tachikomono=, _komo_ is an Eastland form of _kamo_, wild duck; used with _tachi no sawaki_, the din of rising wild duck as they leave the water with a whirr. =tachinoshiri=, sword-point; _tachi no shiri saya ni_ Irinu, sword-point has entered scabbard (Irinu = moor of Iri, also _irinu_, has entered); with _tama maku tawi_ (a field sown with rice-seed), the reference is to the jewelled (_tama mahu_), point of the scabbard. =tadawatari=, cross simply, not in a boat but by wading (as when in a hurry); with _kaha yuki-watari_ (cross stream); with Anashi (river-name), _anashi_ = _ana ashi_ = alas for one’s feet! or Oh one’s feet! =tadzuganaku=, where the cranes scream; said of Nagoye (creek-name), and _ashihe_, reedy place. =tahamidzura=, name of a _tsura_, creeping plant, it may = _tamakadzura_; used with _hiku_, draw, pull upon. =takahikaru=, high-shine, as the sun in heaven; used with Hino miko, Hino mikado; _hi_ denoting sun-descent, 12, 13, 14, 22, 25, 32, 34, 68. =takakurano=, high-throned; used with Mikasa (hill-name), by reference to _mi kasa_ Sovran’s canopy.