water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
common people; ordinary people; masses
imperial palace; shrine; Grand Empress Dowager; Empress Dowager; woman of imperial lineage who has borne a child; elderly woman of imperial lineage
feelings; thoughts; meaning
miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
house for rent; rented house; renting a house
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
interest (on a loan, deposit, etc.)
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
(a) short story; short-story writer
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
The Pillow Book (by Sei Shonagon)
squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
grant; bestowal; giving something to someone of low social standing (by a person of very high social standing)
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit