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up with aconite and used for shooting bears and other animals.

Wosa, (Japanese characters). n, An instrument consisting of three bars used in weaving cloth.

Wose, (Japanese characters). v.i. To howl, as a dog or wolf.

Wose-kamui, (Japanese characters). n. A wolf. Canis familiaris, (Yessoana). A word sometimes applied to howling dogs. Syn: Horokeu.

Woya, (Japanese characters) adj. Different. Syn: Aja. Woya.

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Y (ヤ).

Ya, (Japanese characters) part. This particle is often used at the end of a sentence to express interrogation; but when used after an answer to a question it becomes an affirmative particle, the difference in meaning being indicated by the tone of voice. Thus:—Oman ya? "has he gone," Oman ya "he has gone."

Ya, (Japanese characters). post. Whether. Or.

'Ya………ya, (Japanese characters). post. Whether………or. As:—Tambe ne ya, nei ambe ne ya? nu yan, "ask whether it is thisor that." Anukarape hene ya-wendarap hene ya, ku eramushkari, "I do not know whether it was a thing seen (vision) or a dream."

Ya, (Japanese characters). n. A net. As:—Ya amba, "the floats attached to a fish net." Ya shittu, "the meshes of a net." Ya oshke, "to net." Ya tambushi, "to mend a net." Ya ereba, "to set a net in the sea." Ya turuba, to set a net from the seashore.

Ya, (Japanese characters). n. Land, (as opposed to sea). A high rock. As:—Ya peka ek a, rep peka ek a? "did you come by land or sea?" Ya sosh, "strata or layers of earth."

Yachi, (Japanese characters). n. A swamp. Syn: Opuruse-i.

Yachi-an, (Japanese characters). adj. Muddy. Swampy.

Yai, (Japanese characters). reflex. pro. Self. This word is only used as a compound. As: —Yai-raige, "to kill one's self."; "to commit suicide."