to serve; to work for; to attend
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
leftovers (esp. food); remnants
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
to treat shabbily; to be careless about; to handle roughly; to waste; to use wastefully; to spend recklessly
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
plastic food storage container; Tupperware
above all; especially; particularly; all the more
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
the principle of the thing
to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer
shabby; mean; sorry; dingy
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
senior; elder; person older than oneself
long ago; a long time ago; already
critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
proper; reasonable; right; appropriate
to pour (sake); to serve; to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with; to intuit
good(-tasting); nice; delicious; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
to distribute; to portion out; to deal out; to separate (out); to pick out
pescatore (used in reference to Italian dishes with seafood)
marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
full ripeness; full maturity
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (voice); fluent (speech); eloquent
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
(sense of) taste; counter for kinds of food, drink or medicine
deep place; depths; depth; profundity
tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
half a lifetime; half one's life; one's life so far
semi-transparent; translucent
common orient clam (Meretrix lusoria)
Manila clam (Ruditapes philippinarum); Japanese littleneck clam