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to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp

to drink in one gulp

to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue

to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)

to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue

to take a lesson from (a wise person); to follow in the footsteps of; (lit.) to boil the dirt under (somebody's) fingernails and drink it (so that you may become like them)

to be breastfed

to write the kanji for "person" on one's hand three times and mimic swallowing them (as a technique for calming one's nerves)

drinking, gambling, and buying women in prostitution

to drink (whisky, whiskey) straight

to have a smoke

person who likes to drink