腹が減って未明に目が覚めた。 I woke up before dawn hungry.

　未明にお腹が減って冷蔵庫を漁った。

昨夜の残りの蒸鶏を温めて人参とジャガイモをレンチンしてトマトとレタスを切ってキュウリは梅和えにした。

キュウリの梅和えが一番おいしかった、梅干し文化の恩恵だ。

食べ物を食器に移していない、行儀が悪い。

未明だから音をたてるのを最小にした。

というのは嘘で単に面倒くさかっただけだ。

 I got hungry before dawn in the morning and rummaged through the fridge.

I heated up some leftover steamed chicken from last night, microwaved some carrots and potatoes, cut up some tomatoes and lettuce, and made some cucumbers with plum dressing.

The cucumbers with plum dressing were the best, a blessing in the umeboshi culture.

I didn't transfer the food to my dishes, which is bad manners.

Since it was before dawn in the morning, I tried to keep the noise to a minimum.

That's a lie, it was just too much of a bother.