birch (esp. Japanese white birch)
handsome man; man's looks; good looks; manliness
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
great delight; great satisfaction; rapture
boisterously; roughly; briskly
(heavy) drinker; drunkard; tippler; boozer
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
bet; wager; stake; gamble
to pocket an insult; to choke back one's tears
attitude to life; form of existence; way of life
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
supreme ruler; autocrat; dynast; high king
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
reigning; controlling; dictating
consecutive victories; series of victories
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
gambling; competition; game (of chance)
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
garden (esp. with trees); park
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
to say no more; to sink into silence
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
recommendation (of a person for a position); nomination
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
whole day and night; 24 hours
cackling (sound of shrill laughter)
cheerful; bright; clear; clean; honest