Chapter II: Addenda to Makura Kotoba

N.B. It is not always sufficiently explained that the m. k. often apply to syllables only, either identical in sound merely with part of the m. k., or, by some kind of word-jugglery, suggesting decoratively a new signification.

=akahoshi=, _add_ morning-star.

=amadzutafu=, _add_ or pass along or over.

=amakazofu=, _add_ perhaps a script-error for _amakumo_ or _sasanami_--the former would apply to _oho_ (dimly), the latter to Ohotsu (pl. n.).

=asahisasu=, _for_ as _read_ in.

=awokumono=, like blue cloud--in Lay 186 this m. k. seems to mean the blue expanse of sky above the clouds showing white against it--the blue sky being regarded as a vast blue cloud. _After_ clouds; _read_ or as clear as blue (_awo_) of sky and so epithet of white (_shiro_): after _ideko_ come forth through (as the gods did through the clouds on Idzumo) as blue in stormy sky.

=awomidzura=, _add_ or possibly where fowlers’ nets are spread (_yose-ami_).

=awoniyoshi=, _transpose_ also K. lviii _after_ 137.

=fujikoromo=, read _ma-tohoku_.

=guwan=, prayer or petition to Buddhist saint.

=hahomameno=, _add_ perhaps the creeping fern Taenitis carnosa (_mamedzura_) is meant.

=hanakatsumi=, _add_ perhaps nothing more than a repetition of _katsu_ is intended.

=hanezuirono=, add _hanezu_ seems to be Prunus japonica.

=hashitateno=, _after_ palisade _add_ a comma.

=hisakatano=, _add_ the usual script is ‘long-hard’, i.e. firm and enduring, but this does not agree with all the applications of the word. It might also mean ‘sunbright’. _After_ inversely _add a comma_, and read _hisao_, _hisago_.

=ihabashino=, _for_ or _read_ as.

=ihafuchino=, _after_ (of river) _add a comma_.

=ihatsutano=, _read_ like rock-creeper, i.e. ivy.

=kariganeno=, _for_ like &c. _read_ when.

=katamohino=, _add_ or one half of a receptacle consisting of two bowls fitting one on the other.

=kazenotono=, _after_ love _add_ as.

=kekoromowo=, _dele all after_ vestment; _and add_ used with _haru_, spring-time, as homophonous with _haru_, stretch, as skins when being cured.

=komomakura=, _add_ with _ahimakishi_ as meaning, embraced, enlaced.

=koromote=, _from_ other _to end dele and insert_:--

=koromoteno=, sleeve, used with the syllable _ta_ (hand, or a homophon), with the syllable _na_ (_naga_), with _ma_ (_ma te_ meaning ‘both hands’, i.e. perfect or complete or pair, so _ma-kai_, pair of oars?), with _kaheru_ (comp. _hiru-gaheru_, to wave).

=Kotori= (Lay 250) = _kototori_, i.e. _koto wo toriokonafu_, an administrator or commissioner (to levy troops).

=kurenawino=, scarlet or light red; perhaps = _Kureno awi_ = Kure indigo, Kure being a name for Go or Wu in China; used with _iro_, colour, _asa_, light tinted, _utsushi kokoro_, real heart regarded as ‘red’, i.e. true.

=makibashira=, _for_ word _read_ wood.

=matamatsuku=, _insert_ after _matamanasu_ thread-jewels applied to syllable _wo_ as homophon of _wo_, thread.

=matorisumu=, dele _mamori_.

=midzukukino=, _add_ there is also a pl. n. _Midzukuki no Woka_.

=mimorotsuku=, add _tsuku_ may be _itsuku_, reverence. _Miwa_ is a pl. n., also ‘sacred saké’, also ‘tub for brewing saké’, also _miwaku_ = gushing of water, or fermenting of saké liquor.

=minasegaha=, _translate_ my life trickles on, lessening month by month, day by day, as the water of a waterless stream (which disappears under the dry bed--a very common result in Japan) whose gradual exhaustion is like the death of men from love.

=miru=, in Lay 263, means--to have emotional or intellectual experience of.

=misagowiru=, _add_ more likely = where ospreys (_misago_) are.

=mitsumitsushi=, _for_ ccxxvii _read_ Lay 227.

=momoshikino=, _after_ countless _shiki add_ or provided with many defences.

=momotarazu=, for _ika_ read _i_ = fifty.

=momoyogusa=, _dele all after_ pyrethrum, and add _chichi haha ga | tono no shiri he no | momoyogusa | momoyo idemase | waga kitaru made_, like the hundred-ages-herb that groweth behind my father and mother’s mansion, live thou for a hundred ages until I return (a lover dispatched on official duty to his mistress).

=nahanorino=, _for_ not yet told _read_ certainly untold to parents.

=nihatadzumi=, _read_ form pools as rain does.

=nihatsulori=,--=nihatsutori=.

=nikogusano=, said to be Solomon’s seal (flower); _hanatsuma_ = beautiful woman.

=sagoromono=, _after_ fastened _add_, _tsuku_.

=sahidzuruyo=, read _sahidzuruya_.

=sakidakeno=, _add_ or bedfellow.

=sanekayano=, _read_, _sa nahe kaya no_, pliant as _kaya_ (dwarf bamboo).

=sashisusumu=, _add_ perhaps error for _muratama_ = _nubatama_ which might be m. k. of Kurusu, taking _kuru_ = _kuro_, black.

=shikishimano=, _read_ fort-island or isolated place.

=shinaderu=, slopewise with _kata_, shoulder, slope.

=shinazakaru=, separated by many steep passes.

=shiranakuni=, _read_ unknown or remote provinces used with Koséji Kose-road, _kose_ = come. A more elaborate explanation hints at the bringing or coming of remote lands under the sway of the Mikado.

=shiranamino=, _dele_ perhaps … hills.

=shizhikushiro=, _after_ Hades _add_ as homophon of _yomi_, excellent.

=tadawatari=, add _anashi_ is also a name for the north-west wind _ana! shi_.

=tamadzusa=, _after_ like insert _tamadzusa_ flower.

=tamakadzura=, _dele_ false hair, _after_ chaplet _add_ of beads, after _kage_ _add_ sparkle, _dele words in_ ( ), _add_ other explanations are given by Motowori.

=tamakiharu=, _after_ (arm) _add_ for _utsutsu_, present real existence.

=tamanowono=, _for_ custom _read_ or succession or life.

=tamatareno=, _add_ m. k. of syllable _wo_ taken as _wo_, thread.

=tamatasuki=, _for_ lie on &c. _read_ fasten round _une_ or _una_.

=tatamikeme=, _for_ ‘rush, (matting)’ _read_ ‘rush’ (matting).

=tobusatate=, _read_ The Kogi &c., _for_ tree-tops _read_ lopped tree-trunk.

=tokikinuno=, _after_ unfastened _add_ or taken to pieces.

=tokozhimono=, like a bed-place, _after_ prostrate _add_ (on pallet of reeds, &c.).

=tomoshihino=, _read_ like a light or flame giving light.

=tonogumori=, for _gumovi_ read _gumori_.

=tsumagomoru=, after _sa_ add (see N. I. 402, 2nd _uta_), _before_ meaning _insert_ perhaps the real.

=uchitawori=, perhaps simply by syllable-repetition a m. k. of syllable _ta_.

=udzuranasu=, read _ihahi_ as _i-hahi_.

=umashimono=, _add_ the true orange _kunempo_.

=umazhimono=, for _naka_ read _naha_.

=wagasekowo=, read _waga seko wo | na kose no yama no | yobu kotori | kimi yobi kahese | yo no fukenu to ni_, far gone is the night, ye birds that cry on Kose hill, turn back my lord, crying to him, cross not the hills (to prevent him leaving her).

=wagatatami=, _read_ my own mat.

=wagimokowo=, _add_ Hayami is the name of a part of the coast of Settsu … in the phrase _wagimokowo kiki Tsuga nu_, prefatially, as if … _kikitsugi_ … my love, of whose beauty the fame passeth from age to age.

=wakakusano=, add _wakaku he_, while young by side of.…

=yakitachiwo= or =-no=, with the syllables _to_ (_toshi_), smart, ready, vigorous, and _he_, side.

=yakushihono=, _add_ before _kohi_, _karaki_, passionate.

=yamanowino=, _after_ well _add_ or source, not deep like an artificial well.

=yufuhinasu= (to follow =yufuhanano=), like evening sun, used with _uraguhashi_ (delightful to the feelings, as _maguhashi_ is delightful to the eye).

=yufutatami=, _after_ Broussonetia _add_ kept: after _tatami_ insert a comma.

=yukumidzuno=, after _sayakeku_ read (clear-sounding as running water).