getting tired of; getting sick of; getting bored with; getting fed up with
food and (alcoholic) drink
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
godsend; lifesaver; timely offer; windfall
understanding; comprehension; grasp; perception; appreciation; mastery (of an art or skill)
immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); person not bound by earthly desires
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
to flatly refuse; to reject; to spurn
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
drinking party; banquet; feast
late at night; small hours of the morning
to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious
is never the case; has never happened
to badger; to pester; to beg
to have one cup of sake after another
to comb (out); to card; to untangle (hair)
egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top
stealthy steps; soft steps
nocturnality; nocturnal habits
(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song
pail (for water); bucket; cistern; water tank
night attack; nocturnal assault
to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone
face; honour; honor; reputation; prestige; dignity
what sort of; what kind of; what way
to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel
(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly
to draw (a line); to demarcate; to mark; to plan
mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends
to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
good-for-nothing; scapegrace; nuisance; trouble
to withdraw; to abandon (e.g. a lawsuit)
to ask elsewhere; to try another (store, service, etc.)
intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex
what more can one say?; utterly at a loss for words (because of disbelief or disgust)
one cup (of sake); (going out for, treating someone to) a drink; small drinking party