Vocabulary

young gentleman; boy

striking clock; wall clock; pendulum clock

Japanese reading of a kanji (esp. in ref. to readings that do not correspond to the orig. Chinese meaning of the kanji)

warming; warmth

first verse of a nursery rhyme sung by children on cold days (similar to "It's Raining, It's Pouring")

cold

bulky; unwieldy

anvil cloud

to clatter; to rattle

rudeness; rude person

creaking; squeaking; grating; grinding; rasping

creak; squeak

correctly; properly; accurately

a little tight; a little snug

jerkily

creakily; with a grating sound

glaringly (staring)

trash; junk; garbage

soggy; soaking; drenched

rubbing; scrubbing; scraping

hard (due to freezing, drying, etc.)

after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on

jumbled; disarrayed; messy

with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with a scratching sound

(doing) together

thoughtlessness; thoughtless person

great; grand

specialized equipment; specialized machinery

to whisper

hubbub; din; noise

just as I thought; as expected

rust (colour)

frequently; repeatedly; often; incessantly; constantly

failure

slovenly

with gusto; freely; without any restraint; without giving a second thought

jingling; jangling; clinking; chinking

to jingle; to jangle; to clink; to chink

noisily (playing a musical instrument)

smoothly; frictionlessly; easily