NO. 67
lit. As-for 2 flowers 1 , (the best are) the cherry-blos- som 3 ; and-to-the-foregoing-it-may-be-added-that 4 as-for 6 human, beings 5 , (the best are) warriors 7 .
NO.
no. I. No means'* of," or denotes the possessive case:
Amerika 1 no* Daitoryo ( The President 3 of 1 the
(United States 1 .
Neko 1 no 1 tsume 3 . A cat^s 2 claws 3 .
Ari 1 no* mama 3 . (Ari is the in- lit. Way of definite form of the verb aru, " to h being, i.e. Just be.") ) as it is.
We have already noticed, when treating of the post- position ga, the genitive origin of many apparently nomi- native expressions in Japanese. The same tendency is exemplified by no, though less frequently in the colloquial than in the written style, thus :
Kisha no tsuko sum toki, senro
Train '# passage does time, line
wo yokogitcha abunai.
(accus. fts-for-crossiuff, (is) dangerous. ..
(It would be more polite to say abuno gozaimasu.^)
It is dangerous to cross the line when the train is passing, more lit. at the time of the passing of the train.
IT in. II. No is used either in lieu of, or suffixed to, the other postpositions, it being a rule that none of the post- positions excepting no can show the relation between two nouns in attributive phrases. An example or two will make this clearer :
