NO. 69
Warui no. A bad one. Jobu na no. A solid one.
N. B. The na ofjobu na shows it to be a quasi-adjective. See H 197.
Kore wa ii no da.} This is a good one.
I'ltis at- tor, good one it. )
Iku tabi mo mita]
Honc-utany time* even, ,au, [ It IS a thing I have Seen
no desu. I any number of times.
one is. )
Under this heading, note the following specimens of a curious idiom :
Inshi 1 no* fund* no*, as lit. as possible, "old 3 ones 4 of 2 stamps 1 , i.e. " Some old stamps."
Kwashi 1 no* shinki 3 ni* yaita 5 no 6 , as lit. as possible, " in 4 newness 3 have-burnt 5 one 6 of* cake 1 , i.e. "A freshly baked cake."
There is just the shadow of a shade of difference of intention between these circumlocutions and the simpler expressions
Fund inshi, Old stamps.
Shinki ni yaita kwashi, A freshly baked cake.
But it is impossible to render or even to explain the difference in English.
If 113. IV. No is constantly used followed by other post- positions, as already explained in p. 67, 1T in. It is also often used in phrases corresponding to English adjectives; see 1T 62 and IT 197 et seq. Sometimes, in the mouths of
