lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
catalog; catalogue; inventory; menu
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
top-quality sake brewed from rice grains milled to 50% of weight or less
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. of fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; ritual exchange of cups (to seal a bond or pledge)
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in honor or celebration of someone or something); drinking one's glass dry
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
being entertained by a geisha
few decades; many decades; several decades
points of improvement; improved areas; points needing improvement; problem areas
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
to treat (someone) to (something); to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live in luxury; to be proud; to be haughty
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
brawl outside the stadium; fighting outside ring (wrestling); ring-side battle; verbal fight via the media
to move forward; to move on
countermeasure; counter-measure
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
not at all; don't worry about it; forget about it
overall; general; as a whole
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best