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Playful flirtation; amorous play. / A episode of dabbling. / A wasting of time in idleness or trifles. / A sexual relationship, not serious but often illicit.

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dalliance

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Source Word

dalliance

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈdalɪəns/

Noun

countable uncountable

Japanese Meaning

軽い口説き、戯れ的な恋愛 / 一時的なふらふらした関与や遊び / 無為な時間の浪費、些細なことに没頭する状態 / 軽薄だがしばしば不倫など、真剣さに欠ける性的関係

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Her brief dalliance with the charming stranger left her smiling for days.

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魅力的な見知らぬ人との短い遊び半分のいちゃつきが彼女を何日も微笑ませた。

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Playful flirtation; amorous play.

As in the season of rutting (an uncouth phrase, by which the vulgar denote that gentle dalliance, which in the well-wooded forest of Hampshire, passes between lovers of the ferine kind),

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