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“Ko-ji-ki,” or Records of Ancient Matters.
- Cocculus thunbergi [probably] (tsudzura 黑葛.)
- Cryptomeria japonica, (sugi 榲).
- Eulalia japonica (kaya 葺草).
- Evonymus japonica, (masa-ki 眞賢木).
- Ginger, [or perhaps the Xanthoxylon is intended] (hazhikami 薑).
- Halochloa macrantha [but it is not certain that this is the sea-weed intended] (komo 海専).
- Holly [or rather the Olea aquifolium, which closely resembles holly], hihi-ra-gi 柊).
- Knot-grass [Polygonum tinctorium] (awi 藍).
- Lily, (sawi written phonetically, yama-yuri-gusa 山由理草, and saki-kusa 三枝草).
- Madder, (akane 茜).
- Millet [Panicum italicum], (aha 粟).
- Moss, (koke 蘿).
- Oak (two species, one evergreen and one deciduous,—Quercus myrsinæfolia, Q. dentata (kashi 白檮, kashiwa 柏)].
- Peach, (momo 桃).
- Photinia glabra [?], (soba, written phonetically).
- Pine-tree, (matsu 松).
- Pueraria thunbergiana, (kudzu 葛).
- Reed, (ashi 葦).
- Rice, (ine 稻).
- Sea-weed [or the original term may designate a particular species], (me 海布).
- Sedge [Scirpus maritimus], (suge 菅).
- Spindle-tree [Evonymus radicans], (masaki no kadura 眞柝鬘).
- Vegetable Wax-tree [Rhus succedanea], (hazhi) 櫨).
- Vine, (yebi-kadzura 萄蒲).
- Wild cherry [or birch?], (hahaka 朱櫻).
- Wild chive [or rather the allium odorum, which closely resembles it], (ka-mira 臭韮).
- Winter-cherry [Physalis alkekengi] (aka-kaguchi written phonetically, and also hohodzuki 酸醤).
The later portions of the work furnish in addition the following:—
Animals.
- Cow (ushi 牛).
- Dog, (inu 犬).
- Crane, [genus Grus] (tadzu 鶴).
- Dove or Piegon, (hato 鳩).
- Grebe, (niho-dori 鸊鷉).
- Lark, (hibari 雲雀).
- Peregrine falcon, (hayabusa 隼).
- Red-throated quail, (udzura 鶉).
- Tree-sparrow (suzume 雀).
- Wag-tail, [probably] (mana-bashira, written phonetically).
- Wren, (sazaki 鷦鷯).
- Dolphin, (iruka 入鹿魚).
- Trout, [Plecoglossus altivelis] (ayu 年魚).
- Tunny, [a kind of, viz. Thynnus sibi] (shibi 鮪).
- Crab, (kani 蟹).
- Horse-fly (amu 虻).
- Oyster (kaki 蠣).
Plants.
- Alder [Alnus maritima] (hari-no-ki 榛).
- Aralia (mi-tsuna-gashiha 御綱柏).
- Brasenia peltata (nunaha 蓴).
- Cabbage [brassica] (awona 菘菜).
- Catalpa Kaempferi [but some say the cherry is meant] (adzusa 梓).
- Chestnut (kuri 栗).
- Dioscorea quinqueloba (tokoro-dzura 解葛).
