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Jap’se Pronunciation.	Ainu Form.	Derivation and Meaning.
		is a plural the one of an, and the other of o, “to be” and to “contain.”
Arikawa	Ara-pet	Either “the beautiful river” or “forceps river” possibly “earwig river;” or “the one of two rivers” or “slow river” or “the
Asahigawa	Chiupet	“Current river” (see Chiubetu). Chiupet has been mistaken by the Japanese as if it were Chup-pet, “sun-river”; Hence the misnomer Asahi-gawa “rising sun river.”
Asari	Asari-pet	“The open river.” The roots of this words are sara, v.i., “to open up:” a, a passive and intransitive prefix: and i a locative particle. The final a in asara is elided according to Ainu grammatical rule.
Asari	Asar-i	“The open place” i.e. open to the skies.
Ashibetsu-nobori	Ashbe nupuri	“Dorsal fin mountain”; so called from its form.
Ashoro	Ash-so-oro-pet	“The river with the standing waterfall.” But so may mean simply a “bare rock” as well as “fall.”
Atsuchi	At-chi-kotan	“The place of elms”; chi is a plural suffix.
Atsukaripinai	At-kari-pi-nai	“The tiny string-like stream.” At, “a string”; kari, “by way of”; pi, “tiny”; nai, stream or valley.
Atsubetsu		There are several rivers and streams in Yezo called Atsubetsu by the Japanese which are pronounced differently by the Ainu. Thus, one stream is called A-pet, another Ap-pet, a third At-pet, and yet a fourth At-ush-pet, every one of which is called Atsubetsu by the Japanese. A-pet, means “the river tine” or “tooth”; A-pet means “the river spear” or “harpoon”; At-pet means "the