amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby
princess; daughter of a nobleman
sensual love; love affair
marriage proposal; marriage talks
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
course; route; path; process; means
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
generation; lifetime; age
desire to succeed in life; ambition to make one's mark in the world
innermost feelings; heart; motive; nature; disposition; spirit
joining (a group, team, etc.); enrollment; enrolment
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
(establish) friendly (cordial) relations (with, between); (form) friendship (e.g. with a nation)
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
merger; joining into one; amalgamation; melding; merging; annexation
starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); clearing an abacus
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
diving; diver; unlicensed (doctor, driver, etc.); unregistered; outsider; stranger
drinking bout; merrymaking
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
like water; like it grows on trees
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
of no interest; not interested
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
to rule; to govern; to administer
disagreeable; unpleasant; nasty; detestable; sarcastic; snide
taking advantage of (a convenient situation)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
expression; look; countenance; face
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
kiwi (Apteryx spp.); kiwi fruit (Actinidia deliciosa)
cut end; section; opening; slit
cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach
purveyor (to the Imperial Household, etc.); company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele