konokureno, tree-dark, as when foliage becomes abundant in fourth month, u no tsuki, hence used with u (tsuki), also with shigeki, crowded abundant; — shigeki omohi, crowded thoughts, [245].
koragatewo, a girl’s hand, or arm, or sleeve; applied to Makimuku (hill-name), maki read as = hold, enfold.
koromote, sleeve of a garment; used with Hitachi (province), hita or hida being the folds of a sleeve. Other applications exist, but their value is uncertain. Such are Tanaga (hill-name), ta = arm; nagi, cast away, or mow (the arm being used)?
koromotewo, sleeve of a dress; used with Takaya (pl. n.), from similarity of taka with taguru, to haul, pull with arm; with wori-tamu (wori-tamotohoru, wander about), wori-tamoto = roll back sleeve; with ashige no uma, reed-grey horse, the peculiar etymology of which is that ashige may be read as a corruption of osoki = uhagi = outer dress, which of course would have a sleeve! [110], [157].
kotohiushino (kotohi), a great bull; used with Miyake no ura (Bay of M.); miya = mika = mi (or ma) ya, thus miyake = mika ke, abundance of hair, as a bull is supposed to have (a Chinese idea; comp. ‘one hair of nine bulls’ as an infinitesimal proportion), [116]. But, perhaps, the m. k. only = grand, and kotohi, a sacred bull.
kotosaheku, mumble, stammer (as a foreigner); applied to Kara, Kudara, [17], [24].
kumoriyono, cloudy or dark night; with tadoki mo shirazu (know not what to do); madoheru (distracted); shitabahe (crouch and creep), [183].
kumowinasu, like a cloud; used with tohoku (distant); with isayohi (hesitating, like cloud uncertain which way it will drift); — kokoro mo shinu ni (the heart yielding as a cloud drifts), [41], [222].
kurenawino, red, a deep red; used with iro (colour); — utsushi kokoro, show feeling by change of colour? [64], [106], [216].
kusakageno, grass-shade; applied to Arawi Cape, but the use here is not understood. Ara-wi is raw rush of some sort. Its use with anu is equally unclear. (In I. an explanation is given connected with the withering (aru) of vegetation under the shadow of tall grasses or herbs.)