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line 2. gijo, law, statute, ordinance. 

 ' ri, right, just, proper. ' 



doji, composed of; do, same, and yV, way; hence, "alike," synonym of 

 onaji. 



kimi, if properly transliterated, is same as kami, lord, master. 

 mito, king, same as mikado, door being to or kado. 



line 3. Ja»ie araja, now sane arasa, from seme, semerit, to assault, attack, harass, 

 and arasa, 



takara, noun derived from takari, to assemble, collect in a crowd. 

 rikima, now rikimi, a lengthened form of riki, strength. 

 norashi, now norishi, literally a maker of measurement. 

 ochi ska, same as ochi ja, leave (imperative). 



line 4. a;-a/a, new ; the present word for new is arata-na, but arata forms arata-vie, 

 to renovate, reform. 

 adan, now ada-na, nickname. 



ariinaja seems the same as arimashi, is to you, without dative sign. 

 sonaye, sotiayerti, to set^before, offer. 



line 5. iosha, shoifld be toshi, year, probably an error in transcription. 

 arakiku, lengthened form of araki, violent, rude, wild. 

 sumeshaka should be sumashika, from suinashi, to finish, end ; in the past 



tense marked by shika. 

 fujiuie ox fiijiin, bad, contrary, unfavourable, adverse. 

 totnaia, now tometa, pret. of tome ; see line 2. 

 tokiji, from toki, time, now abbreviated to toji, now. 

 tokashime or tokishitne, compounded of toki, time, and shime, sum, total. 



line 6. akerami or akarami, to become red, to blush. 



jagasha, same as sagesha of Part I., line 9, to despise. 

 raJiuraku, easy, pleasant, free from pain. 



aritaka ji, aritaki ji, from aritai, aritaki, wish to be, let there be, and 

 ji, negative future particle (Aston's Grammar, p. 157). The 

 whole will thus read : shall there not be ? 



line 7. wabi, the old word for peace, which is now wa, while wabi means apology, 

 supplication. 

 iva, a circle, cycle. 

 a?nu, supposed old form of amasfii, to let remain, leave over. 



line 8. shiki, now shika, so, thus, as. 



sti7Hijaji, compound noun, the parts of which seem to be sumai, a 



residence, and jusho,\\z.\\v\^ the same meaning. 

 aruha, now aiuji, lord, master, landlord, owner. 

 yajiri, abbreviated form of yajiri-kiri, a thief, house-breaker. 

 yado, house and grounds, home. 

 mamori, to guard. 

 kisha by a strange inversion is kaku, thus, which, as I pray, the Girnar 



Japanese makes, kaki, and the modem, kaski. 

 Btida, the usual form of Budha's name in the inscriptions ; in modern 



Japanese, Biitsu. 

 kido should be kado, door or gate. 

 jomaye ji, jomaye, a lock ; the following ji is equivalent to shi, do. 



