Sei Shonagon (Poet of the Heian period, included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)
to get into trouble; to get busted
Japanese beautyberry (Callicarpa japonica)
geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
to trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth); to ask a leading question
to make a slip of the tongue; to let something slip
huge win; overwhelming victory
equal match; good match; fair match; equal in ability; being a worthy rival
woman's level of motivation in fashion, makeup, taste in clothes, etc.; femininity
seaside; seashore; coast; coastland
to carry; to bring (to a place)
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
amount of force (required to do something); (using the) right amount of force; appropriate use of force
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
February; second month of the lunar calendar
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
as a child; when one was a child
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
oh well, fine; fine, I guess; alright, I suppose; OK, then
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
before; previously; ahead; Pardon me for leaving (before you)
to chase; to run after; to pursue
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
it's not like; it isn't as if
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity
physical education; PE; gym (class)
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife