to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of a visitor's arrival); informing (someone) of a visitor's arrival
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
for peace of mind; for conscience' sake; by way of consolation
please sit down; please have a seat
number of stairs or stories (storeys); rank; order
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior
intention; aim; preference (for); orientation (towards a goal)
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
water of life; life-giving water; distilled liquor (brandy, whisky, etc.); spirits; (arch.) semen
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; ritual exchange of cups (to seal a bond or pledge)
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)
one by one; one at a time; in turn
brown; light brown; tawny
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
nickname; alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; other name
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
to gulp down (alcohol, poison, etc.); to quaff; to down
to be surprised; to be bewildered; to be confused; to be flustered; to roll one's eyes up and down
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
blasphemy; profanity; sacrilege; desecration; defilement
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
brewing (sake); distilling (e.g. whisky)
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
dated; date; date of effect (e.g. a rule change); fixed; external
process; course; mechanism
yes and no; for and against
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
blunder; bungle; gaffe; bungling; stupid; tactless
successor; replacement; second wife