inner palace (reserved for women); harem; seraglio; consort of the emperor
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)
chief advisor to the Emperor (adviser)
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
the Empress, the Empress Dowager and the Grand Empress Dowager; emperor's second consort; empress; palace of the empress; building of a Shinto shrine built on middle ground; demesne of the imperial palace
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
to gather; to collect; to assemble
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
to crack a joke; to tell a joke
hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
while; even though; despite
the most; the best; the greatest; supreme; unrivalled; unsurpassed
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
Sei Shōnagon (author and poet of the middle Heian period)
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in a web browser)
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
Emperor Ichijō; Ichijō Tenno (980-1011 CE, reigning: 986-1011 CE)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
crossing; passage; importing; import; wandering; wanderer; migration
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)