=wotomeraka=, is it a maid? m. k. of _sode furu_, sleeve-waving, in the pl. n. Sodefuru hill. =wotomerani=, with the maid--m. k. of _afu_ (meet) in Afusaka hill, 137. =wotomerawo=, O the maid! see _wotomeraka_. =yachihoko=, eight or many spears, 97. =yahetatami=, eightfold matting, thick matting. See _komotatanu_. =yahotadewo=, eight (many) spiked _tade_. See _midzutade_. =yakitachino=, forged sword; with _to-kokoro_ (ready heart); with _he tsukafu_ (gird on warrior’s side). =yakumosasu=, pierce eight clouds, i.e. many clouds; an epithet of Idzumo--_idzu_ = go forth. =yakushihono=, like fire under salt-pans; epithet of _kohi_, love. =yamabukino=, like the Yamabuki blossom (Kerria japonica); m. k. of _nihoeru imo_ (my love, fragrant or blooming as the Kerria). =yamagahano=, mountain-stream; applied to _tagitsu_, foam, swirl, roar. =yamakirino=, mountain-mist-like; m. k. of _ibuseki_ (gloomy). =yamanomayu=, from amid the hills; m. k. of Idzumo in the phrase _Idzumo no kora_ (the maid of Idzumo). _Idzu_ = come forth from. =yamanowino=, like mountain-well; used with _asaki_, shallow (_asaki kokoro_). =yamashitano=, see _akiyama_; _akiyama no shitabi_, fading to red of autumn woods--hence applied to _ake no soho fune_, red-stained ship. =yamasugeno=, like wild or mountain sedge, Carex gaudichaudiana; used with _mi_ (fruit) and various homophons. =yamatadzuno=, m. k. of _mukahe_, opposite, face; _yamatadzu_ is said to be a woodman’s axe carried always with the edge towards the bearer to avoid injury and offence. No other explanation has been offered. Except a vague reference to the homophon _yamatadzu_ (Sambucus racemosa) which is opposite-leaved. The word might, however, in some cases be an error for _yama tadzune_. =yamiyonasu=, like a dark night; m. k. of _omohi-madohahi_, disordered, distracted in thought (i.e. with love), 123. =yaminoyono=, like a dark night; applied to _yuku saki_, the way in front (_yuku saki shirazu_, not knowing the way before one--one’s future course). =yasakatori=, eight-foot-bird; one drawing a long breath, so _ya saka_ (eight feet deep); used therefore with _ikitsuku_, catch breath, gasp. =Yasugahano=, like the River Yasu; used, mainly by sound-quibble, with _yasu i mo nezu_, not to sleep well. =yasumishishi=, there are two explanations. One depends on the written form _ya sumi shishi_, know (govern) eight corners, all corners, the whole empire; the other in the verb _yasumu_, to rest, or _yasumi suru_, _yasundzuru_, to make rest, pacify, debellare. The latter seems the most reasonable; but that does not make it the real explanation. It is always a m. k. of _waga ohokimi_, my great-lord, usually (but not invariably) used in reference to the Sovran. =Yoshikigaha=, the River Yoshiki, used with _yoshi_ (good, excellent).