(slang) of the greatest levels up to this point in time

市立: (attributive, government, of an institution) the state of being established by a city's government; municipality

a Japanese card game similar to Baccarat, where the goal is to achieve a hand scoring as close to 9 points as possible

土砂崩れ: landslide

measuring worm; looper

to wait eagerly or impatiently

good wine makes good blood; sake is the best of all medicines; drinking a moderate amount of alcohol is better than medicine

to make judgement based on the long run, rather than on the current state of affairs

it is best to submit to circumstances

vicissitudes, the way that the world or a person prospers one day and declines the next