dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means
love hotel; short-stay hotel used primarily for sexual activities
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
should; must; -able; probably; likely
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
to play cool; to act cool
fondness for women; woman admirer; lustful man; being attractive to women; being a lady-killer
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
shopping; purchased goods
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
social dance; ballroom dancing
only recently; just of late
scrutiny; digging into; excavation; inquiry into; enquiry into; prying
until now; so far; up to the present
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
maintaining a reasonable distance; neutral position; indecision
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
talking while standing; standing around talking
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to be needed; to be wanted
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
tea drinking; teahouse; tearoom; coffee lounge