good looks; pretty woman; good-looking woman
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
(not) even once; (not) ever
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
to open wide (doors, windows, etc.); to fling open
child's mind; child's heart; young mind
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
(set of) facial features; looks
to own; to receive; to understand
germination; germ; sprout; bud; sign
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
boy; son; baby boy; young man
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
mature woman; middle-aged woman
older sister; elder sister
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
fence; hedge; barrier; wall; railing
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)
to repeat; to do something over again
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
breaking off; snapping off; suddenly stopping
upper part; upper region; region above
Gion (entertainment district in Kyoto)
imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect
maiko; apprentice geisha; dancing girl
indescribable; inexpressible
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
fiercely (e.g. of a fire burning); bong-bong (of clock ringing); with repeated bangs (e.g. of fire cracker); striking clock; green young man from a well-to-do family
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound