seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
promiscuous woman; wanton girl
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb
old-timer; veteran; senior; old stump; old roots
founding member (of a music group, etc.); initial member
weak-willed; easily pressured; pushover
thought; report on one's investigation into ...; deceased father
cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end
first person to say something; first person to suggest something; person who raised a matter
to call for someone's participation
independence; autonomy; self-reliance
dangling; hanging; suspended; pending; half done; in limbo
long ago; a long time ago; already
opposite side; other side; other party
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over
learning good manners through apprenticeship (to an upper-class family)
cattleya (type of orchid)
causing a stir; causing a commotion; making a fuss; troublemaker; person who causes a stir
indecisively; hesitantly; irresolutely; wishy-washily
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
having consent (e.g. to do something); having (someone's) assent
customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner
to create a debt in one's favor (e.g. by doing someone a favor); to create an obligation in one's favor
to take advantage of (someone's) weakness
wisdom of age; sagacity of one's years; old-man's wisdom
gushing forth; bursting out; (lit.) like breaking a dam
to lose composure; to be upset; to be flurried; to lose one's head (through shock)
life; living; I; me; student
listening comprehension; aural comprehension; hearing what others say; gathering information, opinions, etc.; public hearing
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
clear-cut and straightforward; (of a person) forward-thinking; honest; upright
exactly the opposite (of); completely opposite; quite contrary
to draw closed the curtain (of a theatre, etc.); to come to an end; to finish
most important work (of a writer, artist, etc.); representative work; masterpiece; magnum opus; major work
supplementary biography; anecdote; side story; spin-off
new rice; first rice crop of the year; novice; beginner; newcomer
deep affection; devotion; profound attachment
interests and preferences
once again; yet again; (there you go) again