Meanings

if one is unlucky

low class citizen

if one is unlucky

member of the lower house

a straw will show which way the wind blows

extent of decrease

impoverished elderly

pubic hair

loose bowels

capitulation

bottom layer

Shimōsa (former province located in parts of present-day Chiba, Ibaraki, Saitama and Tokyo prefectures)

drinkers drink too much (and harm themselves in the process), nondrinkers drink too little (and miss out on the medicinal benefits of alcohol)

don't act all high and mighty just because you don't drink

at one's feet

diarrheal disease

folding fee

everyone drinks at least a little bit

stirring things up

conjugation (inflection, declension) of ichidan verbs ending in "eru"