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Shadowings 



Hana-ko 

 Haru-ko 

 Haru-ko 

 Haru-ko 



Hatsu-ko 

 Hide-ko 

 Hide-ko 

 Hiro-ko . 



Hiro-ho . 



Hisa-ko . 

 Hisa-ko . 

 Hosbi-ko 

 Iku-ko . 

 Ima-ko . 

 Ibo-ko . 



Ito-ko . 

 Kami-ko 

 Kane-ko 

 Kane-ko 



Kata-ko 

 Kapt-ko 

 Ka^u-ko 

 Kapi-ko 

 Kiyo-ko 



" Fair-Blooming." 



" The Tranquil." 



" Spring," the season of flowers. 



" The Far-Removed," in the sense, 

 perhaps, of superlative. 



" The First-born." 



" Excelling." 



" Surpassing." 



"Magnanimous," literally ."broad," 

 " large," in the sense of benefi- 

 cence. 



" Wide-Spreading," with reference 

 to family prosperity. 



" Long-lasting." 



" Continuing." 



" Star." 



"The Quick," in the sense of living. 



" Now." 



" Five Hundred," probably a name 

 of felicitation. 



" Sewing-Thread." 



" Tortoise." 



" Going around " ( ?).* 



"Bell," the character indicates a 

 large suspended bell 



" Condition " ? 



" First." 



" Number," a great number. 



"The Obedient." 



" The Pure." 



1 It Is possible that this name was made simply by taking one char- 

 acter of the father's name. The girl's name otherwise conveys no 

 Intelligible meaning. 



