seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
top of the head; crown of the head
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
to keep away; to keep at a distance
will; desire; ambition; urge (e.g. creative urge)
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
jingle; jangle; chatty; nattering; coquettish; tawdry
swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
Benten (goddess of arts and wisdom)
sea level; (surface of) sea
domineering husband; hectoring husband; husband who rules the roost
having special circumstances (e.g. problems, issues, advantages, flaws, defects, etc.); imperfect (merchandise); with defects
handrail; railing; banister
right under; directly below
sailor suit; middy uniform
unfashionable; uncouth; unrefined; unpolished; unsophisticated
pigtails; two plaits hanging about one's shoulders; two plaits hanging down one's back; queue
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
father; dad; husband; you; he
job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
January; first month of the lunar calendar
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
study; research; investigation
beauty parlour; beauty parlor; beauty salon; hairdressing salon
special training; intensive training; crash course
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
exposing fully; uncovering completely; being in full view; putting on display; not disguising
something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
not in one's recollection; having no recollection (of); having no memory (of)
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
being startled, surprised or afraid; panic; trepidation