百薬の長

ひゃくやくのちょう ひゃくやくのなが

best medicine, chief of all medicines

百薬

ひゃくやく

sundry remedies

薬酒

やくしゅ

alcoholic beverage for medicinal purposes

薬用酒

やくようしゅ

alcoholic beverage for medicinal purposes

薬味酒

やくみしゅ

medicinal drink made from plants steeped in mirin

八百長

やおちょう

match fixing, put-up job, fixed game

百卒長

ひゃくそつちょう

centurion

百万長者

ひゃくまんちょうじゃ

millionaire, multimillionaire

赤きは酒の咎

あかきはさけのとが

it's not my fault; this red face is the alcohol's fault

八百長試合

やおちょうじあい

fixed match; rigged game

甲の薬は乙の毒

こうのくすりはおつのどく

one man's meat is another man's poison, one man's medicine is another man's poison

はしご酒

はしござけ

barhopping

百の位

ひゃくのくらい

hundreds place

百舌のはやにえ

もずのはやにえ

butcher-bird prey impaled on twigs, thorns, etc. for later consumption

酒の席

さけのせき

situation where alcohol is being served; (over) a drink

酒の肴

さけのさかな

appetizer or snack served with drinks; accompaniment to an (alcoholic) drink

酒の気

さけのけ

looking tipsy, seeming drunk

長の

ながの ちょうの

long, eternal

悪妻は百年の不作

あくさいはひゃくねんのふさく

a bad wife spells the ruin of her husband, a bad wife means a hundred years of bad luck to her husband