travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
(someone else's) parents; both parents
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
to remove obstacles in the way of one's objective; to take an indirect approach; (lit.) to fill in the outer moat
attempting to conceive; trying to have children
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
stage (platform); performance; show; stage (phase); part; stage
intense heat; severe heat
to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
heroine; female protagonist; heroine; heroic woman; brave woman
publisher; publishing house; publishing company
frequent; continual; constant; great; intense; strong
these days; nowadays; recently
nasty; mean; heartless; inconsiderate; selfish
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
with repeated sharp blows; whack after whack; strictly; harshly; vigorously; singlemindedly
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
person with an unhealthy romantic obsession
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
incontinence; soiling oneself; wetting one's pants; discharge (e.g. of contaminants); effluence
con game; confidence game; confidence trick
my book; my (humble) work; a little thing of mine
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
lavish feast; splendid banquet; corporate largess; lavish hospitality
privilege; special favor; special favour; benefit; prerogative; perk
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
eros; sexual desire; Eros (god); (Platonic) Eros; Eros (asteroid)
flesh colour (of a Japanese person); flesh color; pale orange; (one's) skin color; skin colour; skin tone
outside Earth's atmosphere; outer space; exoatmosphere; exo-atmosphere
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
31st day of the month; 31 days
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
negotiations; bargaining; talks; making demands
to go (to); to make one's way (to); to visit
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser
diligent study; devoting oneself to one's studies