drinking habits; drunken behavior; drunken behaviour
large quantities of alcohol; heavy drinking; heavy drinker
calamity; disaster; great misfortune; grand climacteric
especially; particularly; above all; portioning out (servings of food)
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
without; unless; have to do
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
present (received from someone); gift
division; splitting; sharing; distribution; draw; tie
away from home; while travelling
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
cold; frigid; dignified; distinguished; (of an atmosphere) tense; nerve-racking
dignified; austere; imposing
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
writing on someone's behalf
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
adult; grown-up; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to complete decisively; to do to completion
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
New Year's Week (festivities)
female friend; woman friend
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
the Tiger (third sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Tiger (around 4am, 3-5am, or 4-6am); east-northeast; first month of the lunar calendar
type of jōruri narrative performance
rare; exceptional; extraordinary; unique; incomparable; unparalleled
geisha; professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets
slow-paced style of shamisen music with vocal accompaniment (popular during the late Edo period)
self-indulgence; looseness; dissolution; licence; license
close friendship; close friend; good friend; intimate relations; sexual intercourse; sex
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
rice bin; rice chest; source of income; breadwinner
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention