Japanese Female Names 127 



O-Naka .... "Friendship." 



O-Rai "Trust." 



O-Raku 1 .... "Pleasure." 



O-Sacbi .... "Bliss." 



O-Sai " The Talented." 



SakaS "Prosperity." 



O-Saku . . . . " The Blooming." 



O-Sei " The Refined," in the sense of 



".clear." 



O-Sei "Force." 



O-Sen " Sennin," wood-fairy. 



O-Sbige . . . . " Exuberant." 



O-Sbime .... "The Total," summum bottum. 



O-Sbin "The Fresh." 



O-Sbin "Truth." 



O-Sbina .... " Goods," possessions. 



Shirusbi .... " Proof," evidence. 



O-Sbi^u . . . . " The Humble." 



O-SbS "Truth." 



O-Sbun .... "Excellence." 



O-Suki " The Beloved," Aimee. 



O-Suke "The Helper." 



O-Sumi .... "The Refined," in the sense of 



" sifted." 



O-Sute " The Forsaken," foundling. 2 



1 The name seems curious, in view of the common proverb, Raku 

 wa ku no tanc, " Pleasure is the seed of pain." 



2 Not necessarily a real foundling. Sometimes the name may be 

 explained by a curious old custom. In a certain family several children 

 in succession die shortly after birth. It is decided, according to tra 

 ditional usage, that the next child born must be exposed. A girl is the 

 next child born ; she is carried by a servant to some lonely place In 

 the fields, or'elsewhere, and left there. Then a]peasant, or other person, 

 hired for the occasion (it is necessary that he should be of no kin to the 



