to have a taste for; to be fond of; to enjoy (in moderation); to be modest; to be prudent; to watch (e.g. one's behaviour)
all right; very well; okay; I got it
one example of (when there are more examples)
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
gently; mildly; leniently; don't be too hard on me (us, them); go easy on me
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
(heavy) drinker; drunkard; tippler; boozer
to taste; to try (food or drink)
(something) like that; that sort of; resembling; seemingly authentic; genuine-looking; realistic
pushy; pushing; self-assertive
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; ritual exchange of cups (to seal a bond or pledge)
to be frank; to drop all pretense
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
drinking bout; merrymaking
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
standard; criterion; norm; average; the norm; the ordinary
inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation
firmly; flatly; definitely (wrong, different, etc.); absolutely; by far; far and away
inborn nature; genuine; intrinsic; essential
the same kind; accomplice; partner
the way one drinks; one's manner of drinking
to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious
fierce animal; beast of prey; big game
self-control; self-restraint
other self; alter ego; to be split off (of a part of oneself); to clone oneself; incarnations of Buddha
bow-wow; woof; wah-wah; bawling; clamouring; clamoring
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
thousand-armed Avalokiteshvara; thousand-armed Kannon
snack (to have with a drink); side dish
reeking of liquor; smelling of alcohol
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
sniff-sniff (of an animal); whining; whimpering
pasturing (e.g. cattle); letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked
bloodthirsty killer; cold-blooded murderer; homicidal maniac
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise
sound sleep; good sleep; quiet sleep