sake bottle; tall and slender bottle with a narrow mouth made from ceramic, metal or glass that can be used for sake, shoyu or rice vinegar; turtleneck (sweater); non-swimmer; person who cannot swim
unsophisticated; ruggedly honest; artless; unaffected; simple; naive
cylindrical slab of meat on a single bone (oft. depicted in manga, anime, etc.); cartoon meat
laughing foolishly; cackling
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
sacred wine or sake; sake offered to the gods
to pluck the strings of an instrument; to strum
than; other than; except; but
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to join together; to sum up; to combine; to unite; to mix; to agree with
snack (to have with a drink); side dish
dried squid; dried cuttlefish
no-holds-barred party; free and easy gathering
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)
incessant working; working non-stop
pleasure trip; company (office) trip
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
to fade into dusk; to fade into twilight; to decline; to wane; to look melancholic (of a person)
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
broom (esp. one for sweeping a silkworm-raising room on the first Day of the Rat of the New Year); plant used for constructing brooms (e.g. kochia); liquor; alcohol
one cup (of sake); (going out for, treating someone to) a drink; small drinking party
drinking habits; drunken behavior; drunken behaviour
Chinese martial arts; kung fu; wushu; kenpō (martial arts); kempo
pouring out in large amounts; flowing out gushingly
oversized (clothing); baggy; rolling in (of money); (profiting) greatly; sloshing (e.g. of water); gushing
let sleeping dogs lie; wake not a sleeping lion; (lit.) the spirit you do not approach will not curse you
alcohol dependency; alcoholism
to excel in one thing; to be a master in an art
almighty; highest valued card (e.g. ace of spades); wild card
if man will not work, he shall not eat; no work, no play
something-something (e.g. platitudes, waffling); yada yada; so-and-so