invisibly; secretly; privately
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
gong (instrument); gong (sound at the end of round, etc.)
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
whispering; murmuring; subdued
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
(young) seductress; temptress; little devil; imp
(ethyl) alcohol; spirits of wine
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
frequency; number of times; incidence; degree (e.g. temperature); strength (e.g. alcohol, lens, etc.)
to overstep the mark; to go too far; to overdo it
contest; comparison; competition
lifting a ban; raising an embargo; opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.); publishing contents; revealing information
practice; practising; experience
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
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)
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
every person; every mouth; every entrance
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
speaking inarticulately (slurring, lisping, etc.)
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade