From: Roger Hare <rjhare <at> HOLYROOD <dot> ED <dot> AC <dot> UK>
Date: 17 jun 1998
Subject: Re: Word meaning

On Tue, 16 Jun 1998 10:57:20 BST, Roger Hare wrote:

> Nothing to do with shogi, but I wonder if anyone could tell me what
> the word "Misaki" means. I am not sure if that is hiragana or katakana
> rendering. The word may be to do with some coastal feature like "point",
> "headland" or "bay" as it is part of the name of a lighthouse.

and since then, he has received several replies indicating the meaning
of the word. Thank you very much. However, I'm afraid that this leads
into the next question. In the same text in which the word "Misaki"
occurs, there are several instances of the strings "o^" and "u^" (eg:
Do^miki Saki, Nyu^do^ Saki - yes, they are all lighthouses). I guess
these are intended to be encodings of an accented character - can anyone
tell me what the accent should be (I am guessing a horizontal bar over
the letter)?

Thanks.

Roger Hare