noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
chastity; virtue; fidelity; feminine modesty
beginning of autumn; beginning of fall
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering
inner thigh; (walking) pigeon-toed; one's toes turned inward; uchimata (judo); throwing an opponent by putting one's leg between their legs
way one walks; one's walk
ordinary clothes; everyday attire; plain clothes; civilian clothes
to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
luxurious; magnificent; extravagant; sumptuous
appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
pomade; balm; perfumed oil
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
clothes for a newborn baby; baby clothes
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
still; even now; to this day
change in appearance; transformation
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
taste; liking; preference
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
infant; baby; little child
age-appropriate (esp. of clothing, hairstyles)
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
to grow up; to become an adult
upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
the same generation; coeval
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
that is to say; so that means