dispensable chopsticks; throwaway chopsticks
cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
feel on the tongue (of food or drink); texture
soft; fragile; weak; poorly built; insubstantial
chewiness; firmness; feel of food while being chewed; challenge (e.g. work, book); toughness
chūnō sauce; semi-sweet sauce made from fruit and vegetables
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth
one by one; one after another; successively
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
cleaning up; sweeping up; mopping up
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
mental health; mental illnesses
coming and going; commuting
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)
to exclude; to leave out (of conversations, etc.); to freeze out; to send to Coventry
approximate age; age range
to look down on (someone); to make fun of; to put down; to treat with contempt; to underestimate
ruffian; scamp; hooligan; out-of-work person; day laborer without a job
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
together; at the same time; same; identical
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
to tattle; to tell on; to inform a superior of someone's actions