wife and children; (arch.) wife
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
late-growing rice; late-ripening crops; late-blooming flowers; late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late); late bloomer
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
imagination; supposition; guess
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
living thing; living creature; animal; life
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off
to add (to); to add on; to append
junior high school student; middle school pupil
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
the world in general; society; convention
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
lolicon; sexual attraction to young girls; person attracted to young girls
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly
president (of a society); chairman
go that far; to that extent
younger scholar; future reference
to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)
stern expression; severe expression; grim expression
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to hold one's tongue; to shut up