without cause; without reason
dear; beloved; cherished; adored
student in a higher grade; upperclassman
deceased; late; dead; departed
to pity; to sympathize with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to appreciate; to recognize (someone's efforts)
to behave like a spoiled child; to behave like a spoilt child; to fawn on; to depend and presume upon another's benevolence
to look down over; to look down on
way of speaking; intimation
moisture; damp; richness; warmth; financial leeway; gains
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
in the end; finally; after all; ultimately
rosary; string of prayer beads
infant (below 1 year old); suckling baby
The Pillow Book (Heian-period collection of writings by Sei Shōnagon)
Sei Shōnagon (author and poet of the middle Heian period)
Bodianus cylindriatus (species of hogfish)
light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight
encyclopedia; encyclopaedia
Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo
tower; tall building; turret; lookout; (arch.) brothel
to notify; to advise; (arch.) to know; (arch.) to reign; (arch.) to govern (a country)
seventh month of the lunar calendar
sealing (away); containment; suppression; seal; place where something is sealed; seam (of an envelope)
one leaf; one page; one sheet; (arch.) one boat
to compose (e.g. poem); to recite; to intone; to chant
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
pulling out one's hair; trichotillomania
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to smile sweetly (at); to look fondly (at)
washing; sashimi chilled in iced water