Vocabulary

hearsay

inquiry; enquiry

straining one's ears

pleasant to listen to

worth listening to

difficult to hear; hard to hear

learn of

unpleasant to hear

something worth hearing; something worth listening to; feature (program); highlight

important part (to listen to); the point (of a speech); interesting part; best part (of a piece of music or performance)

hear something for the last time

inexcusable; unpardonable; can't be allowed to pass (without comment)

difficult to hear; indistinct

mishearing; failing to catch (something said)

learning by ear

mishearing

capable person; shrewd person

between the mountains

narrow; small; confined

mist; fog

earwig

checkerslike game played with shogi pieces and board; hasami shogi

resting one's chin in one's hands

cheekbone

rubbing cheeks together (as a display of affection); pressing cheeks together

side door

looking aside; looking away

armrest

side road; byroad

ambergris

Carina (constellation); the Keel

splendid horse

borneol (crystalline turpenoid alcohol)

longan (Euphoria longana)

dwarf mondo grass (Ophiopogon japonicus)

dragoon

hazy moon (esp. on a spring night)

misty, moonlit night; (spring) night with a hazy moon

misty, moonlit night

shredded tangle of kelp