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use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)

1

to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility

2

lifelong separation

1

persuasion by tears; using tears to get one's way; sob story

1

technique

8

stalker; (mechanical) stoker

4

staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement

6

useless; futile; vain

3

portrait; likeness; sketch (of a face)

5

certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord

3

purity; innocence

2

sound of something small rolling once (often into a hole); easily; suddenly; completely (e.g. forgetting); utterly; disappointing; curling up into the fetal position

1

extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness

4

aloneness; loneliness; solitude

3

(feelings of) love

6

half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive

1

lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help

2

communication

3

call; summons; convening; convocation

4

public institution; public organization; official body

1

regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction

3

old friend; familiar face

1

getting free admission on the strength of one's name; being let in somewhere because one is recognized

2

official residence (e.g. of the prime minister)

1

open; spacious; extensive

4

mooring; anchorage

2

drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office

6

close; intimate; on good terms

5

sensual love; love affair

3

pet shop

2

matchless; unequalled; unequaled

2

cat lover; ailurophile; love of cats

3

harmonious; peaceful; congenial; friendly; happy

4

second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student; behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness

4

breast enlargement; breast enhancement; upper body photograph

1

(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit

3

ordinary; run-of-the-mill; usual

1

arrival; coming

1

good news; glad tidings; gospel (teachings or revelations of Christ)

2

in a bad mood

1

one mind; the whole heart; wholeheartedness

2

small talk; chat; gossip

2

being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net

6

eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)

2

dusk; twilight

1

to put on a patronizing air

2

quality

1

to regret

6

buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles; Chinese-style wheat noodles

2

mixture of bean jam, boiled beans, agar cubes, fruit pieces and syrup

3