Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by myrandomcomment 1752 days ago
Yes!

遠慮の塊

Literally "hold back / show reserve" and "mass"

English maybe "refrain from taking the last piece".

1 comments

I love this most characteristic of phrases, it’s something English lacks. That last morsel of the shared slice of cake, the semi-sip of wine left in the bottle… the remnant of politeness?