accompanying; being accompanied by; going with
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
something said for politeness' sake; diplomatic language; honeyed words; lip service; empty compliment
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
honeytrap; honey trap; honeypot
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to end without incident; to not turn into something serious
that kind; competition; match
in the course of one's duties
parenthood; parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother); (of a fish) containing roe (eggs)
being once divorced; one-time divorcee; (lit.) one x mark (i.e. one name struck from the family register)
praiseworthy; commendable; laudable; strange (person); weird; odd
second marriage; remarriage
to see eye to eye; to be on the same wavelength; to talk the same language
middle-aged woman who looks very young for her age (as through "magic")
letter; missive; note; mail
to hit the nail on the head; to guess exactly right
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
with difficulty; faltering; tottering; awkward
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
social life; social intercourse
transfer; redirection; transmission; forwarding (telephone call, e-mail, etc.)
charming; bewitching; coquettish
child from previous marriage; child of a former spouse; stepchild
sister-in-law (spouse's younger sister or younger brother's wife); younger stepsister; younger adopted sister; non-blood-related younger sister
outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence
for many days; for several days
not bad; not half bad; pretty good
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
virginity (of a male); virgin; (Catholic) nun; sister