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
=tsuganokino=, like _tsuga_, tree (_abies tsuga_); used, by
sound-quibble with _tsugitsugi_ (in succession), 9, 39, 71.
=tsuginefu=, _tsugi-mine-fu_, where serried peaks are abundant;,
descriptive m. k. of Yamashiro. But the _ne_ may refer to forest-trees,
180.
=tsukanedomo=, though-not-bind; used, by sound-quibble with Tsukunu
(pl. n.).
=tsukikusano=, like _tsuki_-blossom, of which the colour is easily
transferred--hence used with words denoting change, impermanence, &c.
=tsumagomoru=, spouse-secluding used with _ya_, house (in composition),
as Yakami (hill-name), here _ya_ probably means eight, i.e. many gods;
another meaning is, held within the (_tsuma_) edge of the hand as _ya_,
arrow, anciently _sa_. Hence other uses of the m. k.
=tsunadehiku=, where boats are hand-drawn by ropes attached; used with
_umi_, sea, lake.
=tsunashitoru=, where _tsunashi_ (herrings) are caught; descriptive m.
k. of Himi (name of a creek).
=tsuneshiranu=, not-known, strange; used with Hitokuni (hill-name),
_hito-kuni_ = another or foreign province or land.
=tsunusahafu= (_tsutasahafu_), where ivy flourishes; used with _iha_
(rock)--in composition, &c., by meaning or sound on Ihami, Ihare
(pond-name), 17, 46.
=tsurugitachi=, straight-bladed (Chinese or Korean) sword; m. k. of
_mi_ (body, on which it is girded); _na_ (thou, who wearest a sword);
_togishi_ (sharp, bright); _kokoro_ (heart--free from fleck as a bright
sword-blade); _saya_, scabbard, in a curious prefatial phrase applying
by a quibble to Ikako (hill-name), 23, 29, 105.
=tsutsuzhihana=, azalea-like, 48, 175.
=tsuwetarazu=, short of a _tsuwe_ (ten feet) in length, as Yasaka
(hill-name), _yasaka_ = eight feet, i.e. eight which is less than ten
…, 196.
=tsuyushimono=, like dew and rime, that _lie_ on objects; hence m.
k. of _oku_, place, lay; that soon vanish, hence used with words of
passing away, also with _aki_, autumn, when dew and rime are frequent,
16, 24, 48, 50, 92.
=uchiaguru=, _uchi noboru_, rise, raise, elevate, scarcely a m. k.;
used with Saho no kahara, bed of Saho river, with reference, perhaps,
to _ho_ = ear of corn, spike. Saho seems to be written also _maho_, the
character for _ho_ meaning sail, which would point to sails being known
in the eighth century.
=udzuranaku=, quail-cry; used with _furu_, old, and
compounds--signifying where now quail cry (i.e. deserted).
=udzuranasu=, quail-like, with _ihahi motohori_, wander around calling
upon a dead lord with crouch and cry like quails, 24.
=uchihisasu= (_uchihisatsu_), sunny, sunshiny; used with _miya_,
palace, and its compounds, 49, 66, 136, 168.
=uchinabiku=, bend, droop; with _haru_, spring (when young plants
droop); _kusa_ (herbs), as in Kusaka Hill; _kurokami_, jetty tresses,
disordered hair of girl waiting for her lover, 51, 110.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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