passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly
to examine someone's expression
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
first meeting; first interview with
complete lie; outright lie
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
to smoke (a cigarette); to behave as ...; to accelerate; to rev up
purple smoke; tobacco smoke
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
hard to reach place; remote place
outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
easy to drink; easy to swallow; quaffable
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
chaser; pursuer; chaser; light drink (often just water) taken after a strong alcoholic drink
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
hanafuda; flower cards; playing cards consisting of 12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower
tight; tight skirt; straight skirt
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
koi-koi (type of hanafuda game); koi koi
oicho-kabu (traditional Japanese gambling card game)
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take warning from
gambling den; gambling house
suddenly; unexpectedly; by chance; accidentally; lightly; nimbly
to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish