Section 3: Things that cause trouble.

Original Text

Irregularities, especially where different characters are used excessively. Buddhist scriptures. Male and female poetry. In the verses of lower-ranking officials, there are always excessive uses of unusual characters.

Modern Japanese Translation

Things that are different from others. In particular, words with a large number of characters stand out as being distinctly different. The words used by Buddhist priests and the words used by men and women differ in this way. The speech of those who serve often has an excess of characters.

Clues in Language

The original phrase "文字あまり" is translated as "words with many characters." Examples are given using the words of a Buddhist priest, men and women, and servants. However, the text does not specify what number serves as the basis for determining when something "exceeds" this limit.