lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
festival; feast; carnival
temple festival; fair; fete day; day related to a particular deity and thought to bring divine blessing to those who celebrate it
movie theatre; movie theater; cinema
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
older sister; elder sister
to cramp; to be cramped; to contract
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
strong arm; stout arm; ability to carry out a difficult job; capable person
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
fellow men; between men; among men; man-to-man
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
snack (to have with a drink); side dish
inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
knob; handle; snack (to have with a drink); side dish; a pinch (e.g. of salt); (file) handle
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
drink at home with one's evening meal; dinner-time drink
to drink someone down; to drink someone under the table
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
to be stunned; to be surprised; (lit.) one's eyes turn into dots (like a cartoon character)
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
seeing one off; farewell; escort
evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting
izakaya; Japanese bar that also serves various dishes and snacks
launching; launch; end (of a theatrical run, etc.); closing party (e.g. a theater show); cast party
turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering; complications; vicissitudes
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
just because; even if; even though