to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
wiles; trick; artifice; lover (male) (esp. of a prostitute)
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
first of all; in the first place; to begin with; for starters
to engage in prostitution
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
right in the center (centre)
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
to forget completely; to leave behind
seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
countryman; provincial; person from the country; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
down-market; popular; mass-market
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
reverie; meditation; anxiety; thought; pensiveness
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
interview; audience; meeting; (viewing) party
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
to taste; to try (food or drink)
back to back; discord; feud; opposite sides of the same coin
curl; curly hair; ringlet
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
thought; consideration; thinking
to scrape out; to rake out (e.g. ashes); to bail out (e.g. water)
fusion point; melting point
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to burn; to roast; to grill; to bake
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)