euphemism for a dying person's last desire of vengeance. In various
dramas it has been used in the signification of "avenging ghost." Thus
the exclamation, "His _thought_ has come back!"--in reference to a
dead man--really means: "His angry ghost appears!"]

Uraméshiki
Sugata wa sugoki
Yuréï no,
Kaji we jama suru
Funé no Tomomori.

[_With vengeful aspect, the grisly ghost of Tomomori
(rises) at the stern of the ship to hinder the play of her
rudder._[45]]

[Footnote 45: There is a double meaning given by the use of the name
_Tomomori_ in the last line. _Tomo_ means "the stern" of a ship;
_mori_ means "to leak." So the poem suggests that the ghost of
Tomomori not only interferes with the ship's rudder, but causes her
to leak.]

Ochi-irité,
Uwo no éjiki to
Nari ni ken;--
Funa-y[=u]réï mo
Nama-kusaki kazé.

[_Having perished in the sea, (those Héïké) would probably
have become food for fishes. (Anyhow, whenever) the
ship-following ghosts (appear), the wind has a smell of raw