to fling; to toss; to throw; to abandon; to leave behind
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
drinking establishment where one drinks while standing
every Tom, Dick and Harry; any one or thing; (lit.) even a cat and a ladle
old friend; familiar face
the best medicine (i.e. sake)
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
to cut corners; to be shoddy
most important work (of a writer, artist, etc.); representative work; masterpiece
you get what you pay for; cheap and nasty
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
shōchū; Japanese spirit distilled from sweet potatoes, rice, etc.
one's husband; one's wife
entrails; giblets; guts; internal organs
to get dead drunk; to get blind drunk
loafing; indolent; lazy; hey
good-for-nothing; worthless
lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
senility; dotage; decrepitude
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
tedious talk; impertinent talk; repetitious talk; saucy speech; pretentious statement
cartilage; nankotsu; (dish of) gristle (usu. of chicken, deep-fried)
urine; piss; pee; breaking a contract
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
drunken stagger; tottering gait; drunkard's walk; random walk
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
history; pedigree; lineage