But they began to buy bottled sake which they favored in liquor shops and drink it during dinner or after dinner with meals or sakana (appetizers taken with alcoholic drinks) almost every night until they got drunk to some extent (which was called 'namayoi' [a little drunk] in those days).
酒屋から瓶で買ってきた自分の好みの銘柄を、ほとんど毎晩晩酌や独酌として、食事や肴とともにたしなみ、そこそこに酔う（当時の表現で「なま酔い」という）様式へ変わっていったのである。