Note: The tag on the windchimes says 'anoyoroshi.' Windchimes are often tagged with the name of the temple where they were bought. 'Anoyo' might be 'another world,' but 'roshi' is harder; one of those simple words that causes pages of debate. One meaning is 'filter paper.' According to the Glossary of Zen and Buddhism, it also means 'venerable teacher' (as in Muten Roshi?); the equivalent of sensei.

MJ: "The problem with either of these definitions is that gramatically you can't have two nouns together without a 'no' between them. I'm wondering if this isn't in fact medieval Japanese of some description, either one of those obscure Buddhist terms (like 'basara') or just the medieval version of something commonplace.

"I vaguely remember most of my classical Japanese endings, even if I can't rememer what they mean, and 'shi' is an intensifier when added to verbs, as well as being what the old form 'ki' turns into in certain forms. ^_^;; Alas, neither 'yoro' nor 'anoyoro' seem to be verbs of any description. I'm almost ready to write Shinichi and ask.

"Stick another 'i' on anoyoroshi and you get 'anoyoroshii': 'Is now a good time to talk?' It might be a pun."

Chiyo (laughing at 'ano yo roshi' = 'filter paper from the next world'): "I've never paid attention to the tags attached to fuurin. My sister guesses that it's 'awoniyoshi,' which is a classical word which is a pillow word for NARA, which was the capital city in Japan once upon a time."

M.J. "And a good place to get windchimes, being lousy with famous temples."

Panthea: "....maybe it's a pun on all of these?"

Chiyo: "According to my sister, sometimes an attached tag does have classical words or sentences on it. Probably the writer is playing around. Anyway, I like 'filter paper from the next world.' ^_^;;"

Po: "Since this discussion is now much longer than the story I say we all go to sleep."

chirin = chime

If you want to know why Kurama doesn't seem to want the hole to open, read Volume 14.   ^_^