munching; devouring; gobbling up; (arch.) shaggy; (arch.) disheveled; (arch.) unkempt
entertaining with food and drink; treating to dinner; wining and dining; immediately agreeing with someone else; pandering
hole; hole (in golf); (golf) cup; (electron) hole
first-rate; finest quality; the best
to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
grand; luxurious; lavish; great; large; big (e.g. storm)
host (of a party, summit, etc.); host (of male host club)
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
head; leader; top; (arch.) important part
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
weak-headed; can't drink much; can't hold one's liquor; can't take one's drink; easily gets drunk
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
one cup (of sake); (going out for, treating someone to) a drink; small drinking party
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
big and brawny; well built; gigantic
to shine; to glow; to look attractive; to look nice; to be set off (by)
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
eating quickly; speed-eating
performance (e.g. music, dance, pantomime, etc.)
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
less than ...; smaller ...
geisha; Japanese singing and dancing girl; dressed-up beautiful woman
to decorate; to add a touch of colour; to grace
extra (e.g. in a film); supernumerary; extra; surplus; excess
spiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
whispered conversation; whispering
to lay aside; to set aside
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
in session; in progress; under way; open
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
impossible to do (although wants to)
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway