coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
free time; time at leisure
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
one person; one customer; unmarried and childless older woman
serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
around 50 (years of age, esp. women)
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
(in spite of) being old enough to know better
gyudon; rice covered with sliced beef, usu. with vegetables
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
Western cooking; Western-style meal; Western-style food; Japanized Western cuisine
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
considerably; greatly; a lot
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
sticky; persistent; insistent; nagging
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
writing; composition; essay; sentence
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
to shout (in anger); to yell
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)