it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
to press down; to hold down; to pin down
becoming irritated (suddenly); getting annoyed
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
competition; rivalry; something worth doing
this and that; various things
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
abstention; nonparticipation
drinking party; get-together
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
cutting an alcoholic beverage (usu. whisky or shōchū); diluting an alcoholic beverage; cut drink; diluted drink; watered-down drink
water; (drinking) water; night entertainment business; nightlife worker; racy; titillating
snack (to have with a drink); side dish
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
hypo- (indicating the lowest oxidation state)
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
to take the lead (of a group of people); to lead (a toast, cheer, etc.); to sing the leading notes of a song after which others join in
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
drunken frenzy; drunken violence; person who is prone to violence when drunk
chugging (a glassful of) a drink in one go
to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
to blow off; to be blown off
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
all you can drink; bottomless cup
normalcy; normality; normal
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
to check; to stop; to keep back
breakup (of a ceremony, wedding, party, meeting, etc.); closure