individual plate; single individual's small dish on which food taken from shared serving dishes is placed
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
to open one's mouth wide and eat heartily; to gulp down food
very; extremely; excessively
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
perfect; complete; thorough; leaving nothing to be desired; more than satisfactory
gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
to happen to have on hand or in stock
having said that; on the other hand
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
to wear a mask; to hide one's true intentions
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
by sheer strength; by brute force
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
to fall in love (with); to love
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to attempt; to test; to try out
astounding; tremendous; crazy; exorbitant
parroting back; repeating (something one was told) like a parrot
outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be