individual plate; single individual's small dish on which food taken from shared serving dishes is placed
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to be worried; to be troubled
sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class)
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
after a short time; in a short while; a short time later
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
to glance at; to look at; to scan; to run one's eyes over
to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
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
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
teriyaki (meat or fish marinated in sweet soy sauce and broiled)
boiled greens in bonito-flavoured soy sauce (vegetable side dish)
taro (Colocasia esculenta); dasheen; eddo
food covered in a thick starchy sauce (usu. made of kudzu or katakuriko flour)
small dish (usu. one of several accompanying rice); side dish; fill; fill-in (drumming); jack-off material; something to masturbate to
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
that's a different matter; that's a different story
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
whichever one chooses; either way