to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to insert; to put in; to come in (of light); to shine in; to have a griping pain (in the stomach, chest, etc.)
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
with a clatter; with a fling (opening a door, window, etc.); bright and clear (weather, sky, etc.); perfectly (fine weather); nicely dry (laundry, air, etc.); crisply (fried, cooked, etc.); cheerfully
four (long cylindrical things)
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
zabuton; flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular
utensil used for serving or drinking sake; sake drinking set
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; ritual exchange of cups (to seal a bond or pledge)
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
manner of using one's hands
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
situation where alcohol is being served; (over) a drink
clergyman; churchman; clergy
(ethyl) alcohol; spirits of wine
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in honor or celebration of someone or something); drinking one's glass dry
somewhat strong; fairly strong; fairly firm
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
clearing out people (from a room, etc.); ordering people to leave
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
both; together; jointly; simultaneously
to become empty; to be emptied
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled