to count on one's fingers
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
indicates position in a sequence; divisions of a kabuki performance
favorable reception; good reputation; popularity
group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
women's bath; women's section in a public bath
to smack one's lips (over a dish); to eat with relish
waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess
alcohol; (alcohol-based) hand sanitizer
to tire of playing; to become tired after playing
weak-headed; can't drink much; can't hold one's liquor; can't take one's drink; easily gets drunk
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
reeking of liquor; smelling of alcohol
kiss; squeak (as in the sound made by mice); sound of liquid being sucked up
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
the bounds of reason; the limits of (common) sense
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
meanwhile; in the meantime
meal set before one; women's advances
to blow out; to spout out
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
fast approach; quick intimacy
to become excited; to grow lively
deep (of emotions, connections, etc.)
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted
winter vacation; winter holidays
several men, several minds; everyone has his own ideas and tastes; everyone has his own interests and ideas; different strokes for different folks
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge
to be out of patience; to be unable to put up with something anymore