to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
(wicker) basket used for carrying fish; creel
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
distress; anguish; mental suffering
nod deeply; glugging; drinking deeply
the other day; lately; recently; during this period
wedded life; married life
opening and shutting; opening and closing
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
careless; thoughtless; hasty; rash
jumping to a hasty conclusion
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
to become sodden; to swell up; to become lazy
to become angry or sullen; to take offense; to be miffed; to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
to put something on top of another thing; to superimpose
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
regular holiday; fixed day off; regular closing day
drinking party; get-together
to press alcohol on someone; to urge somebody to drink; to offer alcohol to someone
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool
being attracted by physical looks only; person who puts much store by good looks
again (and again); once again; yet again
to be a live-in employee; to live in; to live with
striking; remarkable; considerable
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting
one cup (of sake); (going out for, treating someone to) a drink; small drinking party
empty eyes; thousand-yard stare; blank glaze; expressionless look; (lit.) eyes of a dead fish
to suffer damage; to be deceived
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
spineless; backboneless; timid; cowardly; weak-kneed
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; here and there; (sound of) walking slowly
to be found (e.g. unknown quantity in an equation); to be calculated
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
to bother; to meddle; to poke one's nose (into another's business); to be too helpful
to wait and see; to sit on the fence; to be noncommittal
to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.