Kimiko, and Other Japanese Sketches

by Lafcadio Hearn

Obi to

Koshi ni shanto

Musun de.

Uma ni yaru?

"Iyaiya!"

Ushi ni yaru?

"Iyaiya!"

[6] Whence the Izumo saying about one who too often announces his coming: "Thy talk is like the talk of necromancy!"—Toritsubanashi no yona.

[7] Migawari, "substitute," is the religious term.

[8] "Namida-no-Kawa."