lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
female office worker; office lady; overlap; orienteering
bento; Japanese box lunch
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
chikuwa; tube-shaped fish paste cake
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet); fried egg; frying pan for making rolled eggs
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
no matter how much time passes
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
the way it was; the way it used be; as of old; in former times
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
indicate reason; infers some protest