to gulp down (alcohol, poison, etc.); to quaff; to down
to start to drink; to try to drink; to partially drink
very hungry; starving; bowing repeatedly; kowtowing; denting; buckling
parents' day (day when parents observe their children in school)
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
beautiful man and woman; handsome couple
thoroughbred (horse); person of lineage; blue-blood
attendance; presence; appearance
turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; rejecting without consideration; denying without substantial investigation; being chased away from a magistrate's office's gate (lightest punishment during the Edo period)
ability; capability; competence; skill
everyday; always; at all times; frequently
power; might; authority; influence
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
cancellation; abandonment
decrepitude; (being) rickety; (state of) falling apart; looseness (in machinery); play
dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation
to put on airs; to throw one's weight about; to swagger; to act arrogantly
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
jūbako; multi-tiered food box
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
wealthy individual; person of wealth
fierce look; frightening look; tough look; aggressive attitude; coercive attitude; taking a hard line
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
to lean over (and cover with one's body); to bend over (someone); to (stand tall and) lean on (someone); to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
disentanglement puzzle; wire puzzle
to turn into a state of feverish mood
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
to arrange beforehand; to make a sign to each other; to conspire
worldly wisdom; gumption; stingy person
hotcake; (American) pancake
undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
finally; at last; in the end; ultimately