[33] Probably a place-name originally.

Au("Meeting") 2
Bun("Composition"—in the literary sense)[34]1

[34]Might we not quaintly say, "A Fair Writing"?

Chika("Near")[35]5

[35] ] Probably in the sense of "near and dear"—but not certainly so.

Chitosé("A Thousand Years") 1
Chiyo("A Thousand Generations") 1
Chizu("Thousand Storks") 1
Chō("Butterfly") 1
Chō("Superior") 2
Ei("Clever") 1
Ei("Blooming") 2
Etsu("Delight") 1
Fudé("Writing-brush") 1
Fuji("Fuji,"—the mountain) 1
Fuji("Wistaria-flower") 2
Fuki("Fuki,"—name of a plant, Nardosmia Japonica) 1
Fuku("Good-fortune") 2
Fumi("Letter")[36] 5

[36] ] Fumi signifies here a letter written by a woman only—a letter written according to the rules of feminine epistolary style.

Fumino("Letter-field") 1
Fusa("Tassel") 3
Gin("Silver") 2
Hama("Shore") 3
Hana("Blossom") 3
Haruë("Spring-time Bay") 1
Hatsu("The First-born") 2
Hidé("Excellent") 4
Hidé("Fruitful") 2
Hisano("Long Plain") 2
Ichi("Market") 4
Iku("Nourishing") 3
Iné("Springing Rice") 3
Ishi("Stone") 1
Ito("Thread") 4
Iwa("Rock") 1
Jun("The Obedient")[37] 1

[37] ] Jun suru means to be obedient unto death. The word jun has a much stronger signification than that which attaches to our word "obedience" in these modern times.

Kagami("Mirror") 3
Kama("Sickle") 1
Kamé("Tortoise") 2
Kaméyo("Generations-of-the-Tortoise")[38] 1