休みの前などは少し羽目を外して飲むのだが、杜仲茶割りで飲むと二日酔いが全くない。

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English Translation

I usually cut loose a bit and drink plenty before a day off work but if my drinks are cut with tochu tea then I get absolutely no hangover.

Furigana

休(やす)みの前(まえ)などは少(すこ)し羽目(はめ)を外(はず)して飲(の)むのだが、杜(もり)仲(なか)茶割(ちゃわ)りで飲(の)むと二日酔(ふつかよ)いが全(まった)くない。

Romanji

Yasumi no mae nado wa sukoshi hame o hazushite nomu no da ga, mori naka chawari de nomu to futsukayoi ga mattaku nai.

Words

休み (やすみ)

rest; recess; respite; vacation; holiday; absence; suspension; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

前 (まえ)

ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts

等 (など)

et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth; or something; the likes of

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

少し (すこし)

small quantity; little; few; something; little while; short distance

羽目 (はめ)

panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind; awkward situation; difficult situation; mess

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

外す (はずす)

to unfasten; to undo; to remove; to take off; to deinstall; to leave; to step out; to slip away; to miss (a target)

飲む (のむ)

to drink; to gulp; to swallow; to take (medicine); to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress; to accept (e.g. demand, condition); to make light of; to conceal

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

森 (もり)

forest; shrine grove

仲 (なか)

relation; relationship

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

二日酔い (ふつかよい)

hangover

全く (まったく)

really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly; perfectly; indeed; good grief (expression of exasperation)

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix