nomi-kai - a drinking party that generally takes place at a nomi-hodai, an all you can drink/eat bar. most college kids here tend to go to ones sponsored by their respective clubs pretty often.
kampai! - what you say when clink your joy-juice filled glasses
amai wine - the bane of my sobriety. as expected, my tolerance for alcohol is like that of a five-year-old's - after one and a half cups of the sweet stuff last week, the room started moving too slowly and did not speed up until I conveniently passed out, inconveniently three hours later.
yopparatta ne? - see last night. "you're drunk, aren't you?," aka something I'd never hear back home since I don't drink. I decided to make a special exception for this Tokyo trip, though, because a) I'm legal, woo! and b) I have no plans to try out the messier side of alcohol-induced"good times." yup yup.
last night (disambiguation) - ha ha. I love when Wikipedia does that. my extreme coolness aside, all these words do come in handy when describing last night's activities, or my nomi-kai with Akiko-san's high school pals! Puuko-san and Yoko-san are the perfect friends for a person like my host mom, who we can call "Kumichou" (Yakuza boss) since she's the PTA prez. anyway, by the time everything was said and drunk, Steven, Akiko-san and I were weaving a path through the crowded train back, taking pictures, slipping in and out of terrible Japanese (just me and Steven, natch), and making wonderful new friends!
::picture soon to come. just imagine a smiling salaryman holding up the peace sign next to Steven::
here's a quote, post festivities from my host mom to Marina, who wanted to see if she could get a ride from the train station. Akiko-san spoke in English (she's kind of amazing at it), as she likes to do:-"Marina, I'm sorry but I can't pick you up. I'm drunk! I can't drive... I hope you come home tonight... eego ga wakaranai... "
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