Some scholars say that the sounds of the traditional Japanese language named yamato kotoba, that is the sounds represented by hiragana characters, have some meaning. For instance, the hiragana character “a” is said to be a sound that signifies something bright and fresh, and is used in words like asa (morning), ashita (tomorrow), aka (red), and ao (blue). Though it is not relevant to this theory, 39 out of the 45 basic sounds made by hiragana script have some meaning when used individually as just one word. a (none), i (stomach), u (cormorant), e (picture), o (tail). ka (mosquito / possible), ki (tree), ku (ward / haiku poetry / nine), ke (hair), ko (child, small, counter ko, ex-). sa (difference) shi (city / death/ four), su (vinegar / nest), se (back), so (none). ta (rice field), chi (blood), tsu (port), te (hand), to metropolis / door). na (name / greens), ni (boiled / cargo / resemble / two), nu (none), ne (root / price), no (field), ha (teeth / blade / leaf), hi (day / fire/ lamp), fu (borough / note) he (poo), ho (grain variant / sail). ma (interval / devil), mi (oneself / fruit / three), mu (nothing), me (eye / bud), mo (seaweed). ya (arrow), yu (hot water), yo (world). ra (none), ri (benefit), ru (none), re (none), ro (furnace). wa (circle / harmony), nn (none).