shimadzutafu, threading or coasting islands; m. k. of fune, ship, boat.

Shimanonuno, Moor of Shima; used, by sound-quibble, with shibashiba (often), shiba and shima being related in sound.

shimatsutori, island birds (cormorants); used with ukabu, swim, float.

shinaderu = shinatsu, steepwise as the rise of a hill; used with kata, as meaning hill-slope or shoulder (in compounds), [106]. Meaning obscure.

shinagatori, either tail (rump)-long bird, or breath-long bird; nihotori (grebe), used with Wina (pl. n.); wi = be with (here = pair, as nihotori do), also with aha, perhaps for uhaha, upper feathers—but this use is obscure, [104].

shinahinebu, bend-nebu-tree; Albizzia Julibrissin?—used, by sound-quibble, with a ha shinubi yezu, I cannot conceal or endure.

shinazakaru, shina-saka-aru, having steep passes; applied to Koshi, [214], [252].

shinunomeno, shoot of shino or shinu (a small bamboo): used with shinubu, by sound-quibble.

shirakumono, white cloud; emblem of impermanence, hence used with sugu (pass); with tatsu (rise) in Tatsuta-hill (written with tatsu, dragon); also with taye (cease, end), [86], [107].

shiramanago, white sand; with words denoting brilliance, clearness, &c.