=akarabiku=, lead in redness, light, dawn as source or cause thereof, 59. =akaru= (_i_), grow light, grow ruddy, become clear, T. =akasa=, redness, brightness, T. =akashi= (_akasu_), brighten, make light, 28, 67, 69; _yo wo akasu_, night-brighten, i.e. become dawn. =akashi-kurasu= (_shi_), pass dawns and dusks, pass time. =akashi-tsuraku= (_akashitsuru_), v. _akashi_, grow light, grow dark--passage of time, day, &c., 54. =akatoki=, bright time, ruddy time, dawn, 96, 199. =akatsuki=, redness, brightness, dawn, 240. =akazu=, error for =makazu=, 82. =akazu= = _akanu_, 97. =ake=, red, 171. =ake-kakete=, breaking of dawn, Ta. =ake-kure=, morn and night; but _ake-gure_, dusk before dawn, day-break twilight, 55. =akekureba=, as day breaks, lit. as night brightens into day, 21, 72. =akemaku= = _akemu_, 114. =akemu= (_akuru_), 44. =ake-yukinu= (_ake-yuku_), brighten-proceed, change of night into dawn, 179. =aki=, autumn, _passim_ (originally had reference to filling up of ripening grain). =akidzu=, dragon-fly, 194, notes. _-- no ha_, wing of dragon-fly. =aki-hagi=, autumn bush clover (Lespedeza), 114. =aki-kaze=, autumn wind. =akinahi=, trade, T. =akinamu= (_aku_, open), T. =aki ni akinu= = _akinu_ (_aku_, open), T. =akirakeku=, brightly, clearly, freshly, 211. =akirameme= (_akiramu_), clear mind, &c., of doubt or grief, 220, 227, 255. =akitarame= (_-mu_), will satiate, 240. =akitaranu= (_akitaru_, _aki_), unsatiate, not-replete, 25. =akitsu= (_akidzu_), 180. _-- hire_, dragon-fly-wing-scarf. _hire_ q. v. =akitsukami=, manifestation of a god, a title of the Mikado, 93. =akitsushima=, Island[s] of Full Ripe Grain-ears, a title of Japan, 2. =akiyama=, autumnal hills, 6. =aku=, open. =aku=, brighten, grow light. =aku=, be satiate, loathe. =aku-ma=, demons, evil spirits, Ta. =akuru=, grow open, dawn; _ashita_, opening morrow, i.e. to-morrow, 54, 70. =ama=, heaven, sky. =ama=, fisherman. =ama-bito=, heaven-being, angel, T. =amabune=, fishing-boat. =amadzutahi=, sky-traverse, 34. =amagirafu=, sky-grow-misty, 94, 131, see note text. =amahashi=, ladder bridge of heaven (connecting heaven and earth), conf. Amanohashidate (place-name). =ama-hire=, heaven-veils, banners (or screens of white cloth?) carried around coffins at funerals, 28. =ama-ji=, heaven-road, firmament or atmosphere as tract between heaven and earth, _ohosora_, 62. =amakumo=, m. k. _-- no yoso minu_. See note, 149. =amanaku= (_amu_, _amanu_, not-knit--as in making nets), 182. =amaneku=, general, universal, Ts. =ama no hara=, plain of heaven, sky-vault or expanse, 36. =amarinu= (_amaru_), be too much, in excess. =ama sosori=, sky-climb. =amata=, much, many, 102. =amaterasu=, =amateru=, sky-shine, (_terasu_ is hon. caus.), 22. =amatobuya=, m. k. =ama tsu midzu=, waters of heaven, rain, 22. =amatsu mikado=, heaven-palace (of dead Mikado who returns to heaven), 24. =amatsukami=, sky-gods. =amatsumiya=, sky-palace (_amatsumikado_), 25.