to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
firmly; plentifully; with all one's might
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
full stomach; bellyful; (eat) heartily; to one's heart's content
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
health; healthy; sound; fit
to square one's shoulders
to fall ill; to be taken ill
bento; Japanese box lunch
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
I don't want to boast but
light eating; spare diet; not eating much
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
licking one's lips; licking one's chops
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
(in spite of) being old enough to know better
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
seasoning with salt; amount of salt
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally
to be palatable; to suit one's taste
to eat a mouthful; to take a bite
to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling