information; news; report; reward; retribution
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon
anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means
location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
18 certificate; R-18; restricted to those 18 years or older
charge (e.g. admission, menu item); cost; price
dishonor; dishonour; disgrace; shame
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
to peel off; to come off; to be taken off
established fact; fait accompli
claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)
ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)
to start to drink; to try to drink; to partially drink
vitality; (one's) life force
stimulation (e.g. of an economy); revitalization (e.g. of a town); rejuvenation; activation
good wine makes good blood; sake is the best of all medicines
current value; price; market value
taste (of a liquid, esp. alcoholic beverages); someone who enjoys alcohol; place one's lips touch on the rim of a cup; shape of one's mouth when drinking; tap; faucet
dose; installment; instalment
flushing (of one's cheeks); dizziness; rush of blood to the head
to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
whatever the case; under any circumstances
sharp-eared; have sharp ears; picks things up fast
to put on airs; to assume importance
course; route; path; process; means
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
younger people; future generations
pressing one's hands together in prayer; triangular frame of a thatched roof; yours sincerely; yours truly
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
loss of (self-)confidence; inferiority complex