Tomoyuki Kono Mar 29, 2013:

'some modest fare' is preferable Let us not confuse what the word means with what it refers to. As previous posters have pointed out, 粗 is used as a humilific prefix. What the word means and what the speaker (the host) intends to say is something close to 'some modest fare', which I think is quite good. It is perfectly possible that this may actually refer to quite a lavish party with sumptuous food, etc. but that's beside the point. The host would never refer to it as a banquet unless she is being boastful, which she is not. Therefore, in my opinion it would be quite *wrong* to translate it using 'immodest' words like feast and banquet.