event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
to pour drinks for each other; to drink together
polite language (e.g. masu, desu)
condescending attitude; arrogant attitude; looking down on
to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
to permeate (of a stain, smell, etc.); to become ingrained; to become embedded; to become a deeply ingrained habit; to become second nature
arrogant; haughty; insolent
infancy; childhood; tender age
moderate; reserved; modest; temperate; restrained; low-key
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
bitter (taste); sour (expression, look); bitter; bitter (e.g. experience); painful
deep impression; being deeply moved; being deeply touched
zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
anything; whatever; whatever one likes
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
most important condition (for); first prerequisite
to have an uneasy conscience
now that; since; so long as; because
someone else's problem; (lit.) fire on the opposite shore
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
hellfire; flames of hell; raging fire; large fire; fire that consumes an evildoer
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
pledge; vow; having sexual relations; having sexual intercourse; destiny; fate
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
fellow men; between men; among men; man-to-man
relationship of mutual trust; fiduciary relation
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
contract; compact; agreement
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
gambling den; gambling house
no need to finish what you're saying; say no more; I can guess the rest already
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
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
both; together; jointly; simultaneously
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie