golden and shiny; gaudy; gaudily decorated; brand spanking new; new and shiny
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
national holiday; festival day
side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
to border; to fringe; to hem; to edge
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
pink (colour, color); (lit.) colour of peach (flowers)
reverie; meditation; anxiety; thought; pensiveness
just because; even if; even though
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
twelfth day of the month; twelve days
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
to be opposite; to face each other
carpet; rug; mat, mattress, quilt etc. spread out on the floor (or ground) and used to sit or sleep on; spread; (cloth) cover
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
to catch fire (of charcoal); to start burning; to burn away; to burn merrily
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd
mischievous child; scamp; rascal; elf; imp
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
long ago; already; a long time ago