Also, there are many cases in which the effort to find a way to change how the old makurakotoba precede the other words; for example, while makurakotoba 'isonokami' precedes 'furu' in "Manyoshu," ARIWARA no Narihira made it precede 'furinisi,' which resembles 'furu' in pronunciation, whereas makurakotoba 'hisakatano' precedes 'ama,' 'yoru,' and 'ame' in "Manyoshu," KI no Tomonori made it precede 'hikari.'
また『万葉集』では「降る」にかかっていた枕詞「いそのかみ」を同音の「古りにし」にかけたり（在原業平）、やはり「天」「夜」「雨」にかかっていた「久方の」を「光」にかける（紀友則）のように、古い枕詞のかかりかたに工夫を加えるケースも多い。