Shiba - Shiba

Japanese: 柴 - しば

〘Noun〙① Small brushwood that grows in the mountains and fields. Also, cut them down to use as firewood or to make hedges. Shrub. Soda. Shibaki. Fushi. ※Shoki (720) from the second year of the second month of the Heian period ( Iwasaki edition) "Shamans cut off the branches and leaves and hung them with cotton. "② Abbreviation of "Shiba-inu (Shiba dog)." ※One Youth (1967) from Ohara Tomie, 5 "A smart Shiba hybrid, he always sits on the dirt floor facing her."

Fushi [Shiba]

〘Noun〙① = Shiba (brushwood)①※Kojiki (712) Vol. 1 "He then stepped on the boat and made a fence of green brushwood with the sky as the inlet, and hid himself there. (The word brushwood is pronounced "busi" in Japanese.)"② A bundle of brushwood that is left in the water in winter to attract fish. ※Yamagashu (late 12th century) Vol. 2 "The area under the seaweed in the inlet of Kobaetsudo Numa is a place where people cannot hide."

Source: The Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary About the Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary Information

Japanese:

〘名〙① 山野に生える小さい雑木。また、それを切って、薪にしたり、垣根を作ったりするもの。灌木。そだ。しばき。ふし。※書紀（720）皇極二年二月是月（岩崎本平安中期訓）「巫覡(かむなき)等、枝葉(シハ)を折り取りて、木綿を懸掛(してか)けて」② 「しばいぬ（柴犬）」の略。※ひとつの青春（1967）〈大原富枝〉五「柴の雑種でかしこく、いつも彼の方に向って土間に坐っている」