sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; ritual exchange of cups (to seal a bond or pledge)
expression of appreciation (for someone's efforts); thanks
pseudo; quasi; artificial; simulated
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in honor or celebration of someone or something); drinking one's glass dry
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
expression; representation; description; representation (of a group)
the most; the best; the greatest; supreme; unrivalled; unsurpassed
violently; without holding anything back; firmly; resolutely
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy
reeking of liquor; smelling of alcohol
fierce attack; furious attack
to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around
to firmly tighten (e.g. around neck, throat); to constrict; to strongly press (someone); to crack down on; to settle accounts
to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to clatter; to rattle; to flap (noisily); to get in a panic; to get in a flap; to rush around
admiration; being impressed (by)
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
to fascinate; to enchant; to possess; to bewitch; to enthrall
role; part; job; assignment
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
by choice; of one's own free will; on one's own initiative; off one's own bat
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
unspecified large number (of people)
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
sensible; sensuous; intuitive
feeling of dread; awful feeling; sense of fear
to affect; to impact; to influence
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
as stated; verbatim; literally
to worry (about); to be worried (about); to be troubled (by); to be pained (by); to be distressed (by)
shime-waza (judo stranglehold)
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
right in the middle (of); midst; height
first-class; first-rate; characteristic (of); peculiar (to); school (e.g. of flower arrangement); one flag