to ooze; to exude; to percolate; to soak through
loved one; lover; sweetheart
sexual prodigy; stud; Don Juan
successive generations; hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
to be flexible; to be accommodating
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
mistress; kept woman; concubine; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
yearned for; longed for; missed
with great vigour; in leaps and bounds; (lit.) with the force of surging waves
racking one's brains; worrying oneself; being anxious
just the other day; quite recently
loveliness; charm; allure; colour and scent; color and scent
seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy
de facto marriage; common-law marriage
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted
gathering; mixer; meetup; assembly; social; exchange meeting
earnest desire; eager hope; longing; yearning; hankering
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
handsome young man; Adonis
Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928); Pact of Paris
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
to bridge (e.g. cultural divides, technical differences, etc.); to bring together
external pressure; foreign threat
lifting a ban; raising an embargo; opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.); publishing contents; revealing information
de facto husband; common-law husband
in the hand; (something) easily manipulated
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
not yet fixed; undecided; pending
several people; a few people
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
urban areas; the streets; town; city