willy-nilly; whether willing or not
search for a husband for one's daughter
rumour of a love affair; talk of a romance
false rumor (rumour); groundless rumor; misinformation
groundless (rumour, accusation, etc.); unfounded; baseless; without a shred of truth
to be worried; to be grieved; to pine for
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
busily; sedulously; laboriously; feverishly; fussily; worrying (about little things)
the embers of a former relationship flare up again; old love blazes anew
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
to take a breather; to take a break
to leave the government service
a (single) moment; an instant
celebration; auspicious occasion
extremely rich person; multimillionaire; billionaire; daifugō; daihinmin; card game similar to President
season (period in which regulated games are played); season (division of the year); season (of a TV show, etc.); season (for doing something, e.g. ski season, entrance examination season)
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
heroine; female protagonist
circumference; perimeter; work outside the office; outer tracks (in a loop or curve)
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
rich (design); beautiful; splendid
rumour (of a love affair); rumor; romance; (arch.) bad reputation
playfulness; mischivousness; naughtiness
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
having a wife; marrying (a woman); marriage
matchmaker; go-between; intermediary; middleman
undesirable friend; bad company; bad companion; partner-in-crime (i.e. good friend); close friend; buddy
sad; sorrowful; melancholy; plaintive
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
one's brother-in-law; stepbrother (elder)
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all
to fall for a trick; to be taken in; to play into the hands (of)