about this time; about now
bribe; sweetener; douceur
to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate
it's not like; it isn't as if
sexy; popular; well-liked
tray; family; household; Obon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
the Bon Festival and New Year; two great things (happening at the same time)
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
making out; necking; getting handsy; canoodling; being lovey-dovey; getting affectionate (with each other)
saving (e.g. energy); cutting down on (e.g. alcohol); save; save
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
boarding; lodging; board and lodging; boarding house; lodging house; lodgings
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
with a view to marriage; with marriage in mind
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
prone (to); liable (to); apt (to); tending (to)
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
period (of life) when one is enjoying more romantic attention than usual
every year; yearly; annually
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
carrying (someone) on one's back (esp. a child); piggyback ride; relying on (someone); being (financially) dependent on
fishing; gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed); catch (e.g. of fish); haul
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
fire lit on a boat to lure fish at night
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
to do what one is told to (esp. of a child); to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says; to do what one wants something (one's body, legs, etc.) to do; to work as expected (e.g. of a machine); to obey (one)
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
thieving cat; adulterer; homewrecker