Japanese Female Names 11 



Matsu'i . . ("Pine-branch") 1 



Micbi . . ("The Way," doctrine) 4 



Mi8 . . . (" Triple Branch ") 1 



Miki'i . . ("Main-branch") 1 



Mini. . . ("Peak") 2 



Mitsu . . ("Light") S 



Mitsui! . . ("Shining Branch") i 



Moris . . ("Service-Bay") 1 1 



Naka . . (" The Midmost ") 4 



Nami . . ("Wave") 1 



Nobu. . . ("Fidelity") 6 



Nobu. . . ("TheProlonger") 2 1 



NobuV . . ("Lengthening-branch") 



Nut . . . ("Tapestry," or, Embroidery) . . . 



Orino . . ("Weaving-Field") 



Raku. . . ("Pleasure") 



Ren . . . ("The Arranger") 



Riku . . . (" Land," ground) 



Roku . . . ("Emolument") 1 



Rj>5 . . . ("Dragon") 1 



RyU . . . ("Lofty") 3 



Soda . . . ("The Chaste") 8 



Saki . . . ("Cape," promontory) 1 



Saku . . . ("Composition") 8 3 



Sato . . . (" Home," native place) 2 



Sawa. . . ("Marsh") 1 



Set . . . ("Force") 1 



Seki . . . ("Barrier," city-gate, toll-gate, etc.) . 3 



1 The word " service " here refers especially to attendance at meal- 

 time, to the serving of rice, etc. 



2 Perhaps in the hopeful meaning of extending the family-line ; but 

 more probably in the signification that a daughter's care prolongs the 

 life of her parents, or of her husband's parents. 



3 Abbreviation of sahubun, a literary composition. 



