Japanese Female Names 



Fusa . . . ("Tassel") .......... 3 



Gin . . . ("Silver") .......... 2 



Hama . . ("Shore") .......... 3 



Hana . . ("Blossom") ......... 3 



HaruS . . ("Spring-time Bay") ...... 1 



Hatsu . . ("The First-born") ....... 2 



Hide . . . (" Excellent ") ......... 4 



Hide. . . ("Fruitful") ......... 2 



Hisano . . (" Long Plain ") ........ 2 



lebi . . . ("Market") ......... 4 



Iku . . . ("Nourishing") ........ 3 



Ine . . . ("Springing Rice") ....... 3 



Isbi . . . ("Stone") .......... 1 



Ho ... ("Thread") ......... 4 



Iwa . . . ("Rock") .......... 1 



/... ("The Obedient") 1 ....... 1 



Kagami . . ("Mirror") ......... 3 



ATama . . ("Sickle") .......... 1 



Kame . . ("Tortoise") ......... 2 



Kameyo . . (" Generations-of-the-Tortoise") 2 . . 1 



Kan . . . ("The Forbearing") 3 ...... 11 



Kana . . ("Character" in the sense of written 



character) 4 ........ 2 



Kane. . . ("Bronze") ......... 3 



i Jun suru means to be obedient unto death. The word fun has a 

 much stronger signification than that which attaches to our word 

 " obedience " in these modern times. 



* The tortoise is supposed to live for a thousand years. 



3 Abbreviation of kannin, " forbearance," " self-control," etc. The 

 name might equally well be translated " Patience." 



* Kana signifies the Japanese syllabary, the characters with 

 which the language is written. The reader may imagine, if he wishes, 

 that the name signifies the Alpha and Omega of all feminine charm ; 

 but I confess that I have not been able to find any satisfactory expla- 

 nation of it 



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