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O-Rin ..... "Park." 



O-Saki ..... " Cape." 



O-Sato ..... " Native Place," village, also, 



home. 



O-Sawa .... "Marsh." 



O-Seki ..... " Toll-Gate," barrier. 



Shigeki ..... " Thickwood," forest. 



O-Sbima .... "Island." 



O-Sono ..... " Flower-garden." 



O-Taki ..... "Cataract," or Waterfall. 



O-Tani ..... "Valley." 



O-Tsuka .... "Milestone." 



O-Yama .... "Mountain." 



The next list is a curious medley, so far as re 

 gards the quality of the yobina comprised in it. 

 Some are really aesthetic and pleasing ; others in 

 dustrial only ; while a few might be taken for 

 nicknames of the most disagreeable kind. 



NAMES OF OBJECTS AND OF OCCUPATIONS 

 ESPECIALLY PERTAINING TO WOMEN 



Ayako m \ "Damask-pattern." 



O-Aa^ \ 



O-Fumi . . . . " Woman's Letter." 



O-Fusa ..... "Tassel." 



O-Ito ..... "Thread." 



O-Kama'* . . "Rice-Sickle." 



1 Aya-Nisbiki, the famous figured damask brocade of Kyoto, is 

 probably referred to. 



* O-Kama (Sickle) is a familiar peasant-name. O-Kama (caldron, 

 or iron cooking-pot), and several other ugly names in this list are ser- 



