in that way; thus; so; so?
The Pillow Book (by Sei Shonagon)
Sei Shonagon (Poet of the Heian period, included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
dawn; daybreak; beginning
if you think about it; come to think of it
sensitive; susceptible; emotional; impressionable; sentimental
junior high school student; middle school pupil
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
surroundings; environs; circumference
teasing; banter; ribbing; jest; making fun (of); poking fun (at)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
malicious; spiteful; vicious; shady and damp
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to repaint; to paint again; to break (a record); to rewrite; to remake
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
ago; since; before; previous
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
difficult to approach; inaccessible
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)