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
=yufudzutsuno= (_dzudzu_), the evening star; m. k. of _yufube_
(evening); of _ka yuki kaku yuki_, hither, thither pass, with reference
to the appearance of the planet (Venus) now as an evening, now as a
morning star, 26.
=yufuhanano=, like blossom of Broussonetia; m. k. of _sakayuru_, bloom,
flourish, 24.
=yufutatami=, a cloth of Broussonetia, folded up to present to a god;
m. k. of _tamuke_ (offering), Tamuke no yama (hill-name); of Tanakami
yama by sound-quibble reading for _tatami tatana (haru)_, a variant
of _tatamaru_.
=yukizhimono=, like snow; applied to _yuki kayohi_, go and come; the m.
k. is simply a sound-quibble.
=yukufuneno=, passage of a ship; m. k. of the passing of time.
=yukukageno=, in the phrase _yukukage no tsuki mo he-yukeba_, as the
moon with its passing light follows its course. Motowori thinks the
text is corrupt, and proposes _aratama_.
=yukukahano=, like the flowing river; applied to _sugi nishi hito_ (one
who has passed beyond--passed away, died).
=yukumidzuno=, running water; with _sugi_ (pass on, beyond); with _oto
mo sayakeku_ (distinct as the sound of running water); with _tayuru
naku_ (without cease); _todome-kane_ (not-delay), 198.
=yukutorino=, like birds taking flight; with _arasofu_ (struggle,
dispute, vie); with _murete samorahi_ (throng to render due service,
crowd), 24, 184.
=yutanemaki=, sow preparatory rice plants, a sound-quibble m. k.
applied to _yuyushiki_, manly, heroic.
GLOSSARY OF WORDS CONTAINED IN THE FOREGOING TEXTS
The following marks denote: ✱ a Japano-chinese-word; T. a word found in
Taketori only; Ta. a word found in Takasago only; Ts. a word found in
Tsurayuki’s Preface only. The figures refer to the Lays. Only the bare
literal meanings are given, sufficient for the purposes of the texts;
m. k. = _makura kotoba_, pl. n. = place-name.
=a= (_are_, _ware_), _I_, _me_, &c., _-aga_ = _warega_, 125, 167.
_aga-mi_, myself, 69, 171, 252.
_a-gari_ = _waga moto_, compare _imo-kimi-gari_; _gari_ = _ga ari_,
place where one is, dwells, &c., 102.
_ago_ = _waga ko_, my child, my prince, 160, 168.
=abeki= (_ahegi_), pant, 40.
=abenashi= (_ahenashi_), T.
=abusahazu= = _habukarazu_, not omitting; _abusu_ = _nokoru_,
_abusahazu_, neg. of lengthened form _abusafu_, 255.
=ada=, vain, worthless, T.; trivial, Ts.
=adomohite= (_ato-_), _hikiiru_, _tomonafu_, lead, accompany, 24, 52,
113, 220, 258.
=adzukaru=, accept charge of, be charged with, receive.
=adzuma=, Eastland, 121.
=adzusa=, white-wood, Catalpa Kaempferi, S. & Z., or possibly an old
name of Prunus Cerasus, 3, 27, 29, 104.
=adzusa-yumi=, bow of white-wood, 29.
=afu= (_au_, _ô_), meet, &c. _-- beku_, passim, can-meet.
=afugi= (_ôgi_), look up to, 22, 70. _-- kohi_, look-up-to-intreat, 70.
_-- te_.
=afumi= (_aha-umi_?), piece of water, lake.
=Afumi= (_Ômi_), Lake Biwa, 112.
=afurite= (_afuru_ = _afureru_), overflow, 233.
=aga=: see =a=, 4, 67.
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