to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge
use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)
beginning of next week (usu. Monday); early next week
24 hours; twenty-four hours
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); course; catching fish with a net
alumni association; graduates' association; alumni meeting; class reunion
loan; roan; lawn (i.e. short grass); lawn (type of cotton cloth)
one-night stand; taking home a woman from a bar, club, etc.; takeout (i.e. food); take-out; takeaway
newspaper reporter; print journalist
hollow; cavity; hole; cave
amorous; sexy; voluptuous; erotic
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
a little difficult; slightly hard; not feasible; not possible
honor; honour; glory; (arch.) prosperity
to lure someone; to entice someone
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack
career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
toddling; with small, quick steps; restlessly; in continuous motion; quickly and easily; often
fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
web site; website; web page; webpage; home page; homepage
my; one's own; personal; privately owned
politics; government; peace; (arch.) medical treatment; (arch.) cure
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
serialization; serialisation; serial story
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
torii; Shinto shrine archway