resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
food (on a table; esp. a small Japanese table); dinner; cover (in a restaurant); cook; chef; person who prepares food
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs); meal; food; counter for bowlfuls of rice; counter for pairs of chopsticks
pensive (or worried) look on one's face
soft; tender; gentle; mild; light (topic, book, etc.); informal
simmered with; cooked with; boiling; boiled dish
flavour; flavor; taste; charm; appeal; interest
to disentangle; to untangle; to break up into pieces; to pick apart; to relieve; to ease
appointed time; timetable; schedule
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
unintentionally; inadvertently; calmly; casually; nonchalantly; innocently
to change; to alter; to mistake; to make a mistake; to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise); to sprain (a muscle)
significant; full of meaning; pregnant (with meaning); suggestive
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
concerning ...; over ...; about ...; centering on ...
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
clothing; dressing; binding (of a book)
to set about preparations
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
seeming (to be); appearing; apparently
surmise; guess; inference
awareness; realization; noticing
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
determination; resolution
admiration; being impressed (by)
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
to carry in one's hand; to have in one's hand; to lead (e.g. troops); to present (an issue, policy, artistic work, etc.); to take up
outrageous; preposterous; most improper; most unreasonable; inexcusable; unpardonable
handle; grip; stalk (of a mushroom, leaf, etc.)
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
to prostrate oneself (before)