household; home; family; housekeeping
extended game; overtime; extra time; extra innings
to get dead drunk; to get blind drunk
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
idly; sluggishly; doing nothing
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
temporary truce; ceasefire
to go too far; to go to excess; to carry too far
yeah, yeah; whatever; yes; sure; hello; giddy-up
hug; carrying in one's arms (a baby, pet, doll, etc.)
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
dishonor during one's life; shame experienced during one's life
self-sufficiency; self-containment; autonomy; self-absorption
one shō bottle (1.8 litres)
more than enough (to drink)
famous brand of sake; choice sake
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
hasty; impatient; restless; rash
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
the opposite sex; isomerism
one parent; single parent
second marriage; remarriage
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick
to drink someone down; to drink someone under the table
rural community development; rural community activation
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
to be plump; to be chubby
blood relationship; blood relations; being genetically related
private person; individual
complete stranger; total stranger
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
night flight (without paying); skipping out by night; moonlight flit
Bushido; samurai code of chivalry
to lull (a child) to sleep; to put a person to sleep
cruelty; hard-heartedness
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
parental love or affection
attack; assault; attempt; try
having an ancient and honorable origin
elopement; running away with a lover