つまみ食いと言うか、完食していたように見えたが。
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English Translation
You say you had a nibble, it looked to me like you'd polished it off.
Furigana
つまみ食 いと言 うか、完食 していたように見 えたが。
Romanji
Tsumamigui to iu ka, kanshoku shiteita yōni mieta ga.
Words
つまみ食い
(つまみぐい)
eating with one's fingers; snitching food; snatched food; secret eating; food snatched and eaten without the meal starting; embezzlement; misappropriation; exploiting something; flirting
と
(と)
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
言う
(いう、ゆう)
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
か
(か)
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way
完食
(かんしょく)
eating everything (on one's plate, etc.)
為る
(する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
様に
(ように)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
見える
(まみえる)
to have an audience; to meet; to see; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and