tachi narashi
midzu kumashikeru
tekona shi omohoyu. 5
23 This reading differs from Motowori’s, which is yori-kagure, yuki = yuki-kaheri, involving frequency of the action denoted by kagahi = kake-ahi, i.e. the meeting of both sexes.
33, 34 are more intelligible if ka is read after tanashirite.
3 to stand treading on the ground, stand awhile there—or to stand as usual there or stand often there?
For toriganaku see List m. k.
125
Unahi wotome ga haka wo mite [yomeru].