office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off people
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
father; dad; husband; you; he
drinking bout; merrymaking
love of drink; fondness for alcohol; person who likes to drink; drinker
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
senior high school student
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
consuming food and drink in restaurant (as opposed to taking it home)
24 hours; twenty-four hours
business; trade; operations; sales
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; attractive; distinguished; showy
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding