seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
mostly involve; principally involve
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
social page (of newspaper); local news page
tide; current; tendency; trend
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
hard-liners; diehards; (young) man with traditionally masculine interests; tough boy; hard news; reporter who covers political and economic affairs
second; number two; runner-up
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
dead language; extinct language; obsolete word; word that has become passé
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
undesirable lover (boyfriend, girlfriend); passion; temper; irritability
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
ease; relaxation; comfort; unwinding
getting (something); obtaining; scoring (goal, point, etc.)
teatime; tea break; coffee break
combination; arrangement; distribution; marrying off
excellent article; fine item; rare beauty; masterpiece; gem
cake or snack served with tea
to cover (smear, sprinkle) (with)
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
directly; in person; firsthand
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)