school building; schoolhouse
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
alumni association; graduates' association; alumni meeting; class reunion
performance (of a play, opera, etc.); staging; presentation
versification; tanka poetry
encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation
anonymous person; a nobody
poetry party or competition; gathering of tanka poets
attendance; presence; appearance
Tsuchiya Bunmei (1890.9.18-1990.12.8)
Saitou Mokichi (1882-1953)
Mainichi Shimbun (newspaper)
offering a prize; prize competition; prize; reward
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
heavenly god; heavenly gods; spirit of Sugawara no Michizane; Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit); pit of a dried plum; dried plum; tenjin hairstyle
grass used for thatching; sedge used for thatching
scoring combination of a 9 and a 1 in oicho-kabu
atmosphere; mood; sentiment
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
same person; said person; the person in question; coterie; clique; dōjin
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
hospitalization; hospitalisation
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
stone which is worshipped; image of a god in stone
philosophic principles; philosophy
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
writing in an irregular hand
The Pillow Book (by Sei Shonagon)
private records or documents
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
commission; entrusting with (work); part-time employee; temporary work
teacher; instructor; teaching staff; faculty member