Forest Names

excellent, outstanding; luxuriant, splendid; autumn

excellent, outstanding, or splendid (hide) and clear, spring, or sunny (haru)

Excellent rice ear; excellent peak; excellent sail

Excellent, outstanding, or splendid rice field

excellent, splendid, or superior (hide) + courage, hero, or prince (yuki)

green, verdant

sacred grove, holy place

Holly (tree)

sunlight, shadow, shade, hidden place

crescent moon, new moon

Hild's meadow

high meadow

My hill; my portion

uncertain, possibly 'from the hill' or 'from the town of Hil'

Cloudberry

Hill by the ford

First night after the new moon; to twist, braid, or plait

wave of joy

cloudberry; yearn for life

uncertain, possibly 'noble' or 'hill'

snow, frost; golden

mountain, snow, ice

Himalayan mountain range; daughter of the Himalayas

Lord Shiva, one with icy eyes, or a part of the Himalayas

snow, frost, winter

Golden, beautiful, or related to the Himalayas

Snow, golden, or made of gold

moon, cool ray

snow, frost

sunflower

From the royal fortress meadow

Snow, ice, winter

sun child, scarlet child, or vegetable child

Scarlet flower, sun flower, beautiful greens

pandanus flower

Tall, long, or slender; also refers to a type of fern

sun-drenched place, sunny field, or sunflower

from Hinckley's clearing/wood

hind, female deer

hind's meadow or deer's meadow

hindrance; female deer

from the hind hill or deer hill

Maiden of the sun

Flower of the bush

descendant of Hine

Maori for 'water maiden' or 'spirit of the water'

dew, mist, fog

Dawn, morning mist