finger; hands and fingers; hands
lying down; down!; lie down!
one breath; chug!; drink!
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); moving back to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
going and worshipping (at a shrine or temple); visit (to a shrine or temple to worship)
spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity
three cups of sake which latecomers to a party are made to drink
approval; adoption (of a motion, bill, etc.); passage
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
Giants (Japanese baseball team)
Yomiuri (newspaper, etc. group); kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper); yomiuri
drinking bout; merrymaking
cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing
sake drunk while viewing cherry blossoms
row of cherry trees (lining a street)
seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent
to turn one's thoughts to; to pay attention to; to give heed to
another helping; second helping; seconds; other paw!
to make merry; to be festive
appearing drowsy or intoxicated (of eyes, actions, etc.)
tea drinking; teahouse; tearoom; coffee lounge
contemporaries (esp. military cadets); classmates; graduates in the same class
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
substitution; alternative; substitute
to do a silly thing; to do something stupid
selling or divesting in unwanted stocks; hiding bad loans
spool (of thread); reel; bobbin; tuning peg
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
to behave like a spoiled child; to behave like a spoilt child; to fawn on; to depend and presume upon another's benevolence
avoiding or dodging responsibility
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
visit; call; arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; news; tidings
to be wide-awake; to be wakeful; to be unable to sleep
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
exterior; surface; outside; outward appearance; looks
tender; warm; meticulous; detailed; deep (of a colour); thick (e.g. fog)