The metre of this uta is irregular and the style is not good. Of many of the words the sense is obscure.
1 midori ko, green, i.e. very young child.
2 waku-go = wakaki ko.
5 = kakuru.
8 hitsura, perhaps hitaura, apparently plain-lined.
11 yuhi-hata (yuhata), spotted by tying up portions and then dyeing the piece.
15 yochi, of like age.
17 Or kaguro shi.
21 makimi, the mi is a suffix denoting manner, quality, quantity (I.), &c.
32 nihoshishi, dyed.