drinking directly (from bottle, can, flask, canteen, etc.)
improper; immodest; disgraceful; shameful; vulgar; low
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
God; god; deity; ace; king; superior person
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
to drink up; to drink to the last drop; to drink (a glass) dry; to drain (one's glass); to empty; to down (a drink)
to be full-bodied (e.g. wine, sake); to be rich; to be robust (in flavor); to be full-flavored
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
toilet; restroom; bathroom; going to the toilet; relieving oneself
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
strict prohibition; ban; interdiction
way of calling (something or someone)
patience; endurance; perseverance
ascent; uphill; upward slope; (gradual) upturn; increase
downhill; downward slope; descent; decline; waning; ebb
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to be promoted
(scenic) view; prospect; outlook; viewing platform; overlook
shellfish; seashell; shell
way; method; means; resource; course
dashi; Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp
opportunity to show one's abilities; time to show one's stuff; one's province
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
large river; epic (of a novel, drama, etc.); long-form; large-scale
to be proud; to be haughty; to be arrogant; to be conceited; to brag; to show off
judgment; judgement; decision; verdict
heavy flooding; disastrous flood; deluge; great flood (sent by a deity); flood myth
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
summoning circle (esp. in fantasy fiction); magic circle
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
we'll cross that bridge when we get there; we'll think about it when the time comes
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
to fire (a gun); to shoot; to let off; to loose off; to blow (someone) away
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
godparent; namer; first person to give something its name
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)