to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
The Pillow Book (Heian-period collection of writings by Sei Shōnagon)
Sei Shōnagon (author and poet of the middle Heian period)
square jō (approx. 10 sq feet); abbot's chamber; chief priest; Mount Fangzhang (said to be inhabited by immortals); Mount Fanghu
account; history; notice; note; Kojiki (earliest historical record of Japan, compiled in 712 CE); Records of Ancient Matters
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; marijuana; cannabis; not genuine
Yoshida Kenkou (1283-1352) (author of the Tsurezuregusa)
seriously delicious; very skillful; proficient
to be sorry; to beg someone's pardon; to be much obliged; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be greatly impressed
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
how many years; how long; what year
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
last night; yesterday evening
at; in; at; when; by; with
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
continuation; succession; series; continuous
random attacker; slasher; demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by
murder; homicide; manslaughter
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
offender; criminal; culprit
called; known as; that; to say
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
still; even now; to this day
disapproval; disagreement; no; the noes; not ...; dis-
decision; settlement; confirmation; establishment
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object
(doing) together; one lump; one mixture; the same; identical; (at) the same time