stubborn person; obstinate person; stubbornness; obstinacy
being closed (e.g. clinic); not seeing patients; not accepting patients
charmless; lacking charm; not adorable; unendearing; not very nice at all
chocolate given to a friend (on Valentine's day)
Settsu (former province located in the northern and central parts of present-day Osaka and the southeast of Hyogo prefectures)
express home delivery (by the Kuroneko Yamato company); door-to-door parcel delivery; courier service
around 40 (years of age, esp. women)
marriage agency; matrimonial agency; matchmaking service
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to lose interest (in); to grow less enthusiastic
motion sickness; travel sickness
obligation chocolate; chocolate given by women to male colleagues, etc. out of obligation on Valentine's day
incessant working; working non-stop
to find fault (with); to cavil (at); to carp (about); to throw a wet blanket (on); to throw cold water (on); to jinx
arbitrarily; of its own accord; voluntarily; wilfully; willfully; as one pleases
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
being once divorced; one-time divorcee; (lit.) one x mark (i.e. one name struck from the family register)
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)
holding a ceremony; wedding ceremony
strongish; somewhat strong
to accept (a thing) with thanks
miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
stubborn person; bonehead; bullethead; pig-headed person
(young) person subsisting on part-time work; person whose livelihood is provided by part-time work
to be plump; to be chubby
to knead again; to rework; to revise; to polish
parenthood; parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother); (of a fish) containing roe (eggs)
if you are so inclined; if it suits you; if you like
full-course dinner; multicourse meal
each and all; every single one; everybody
gaudy (esp. of makeup or clothing); garish; glitzy; loud
having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience
in contrast to (one's, its) appearance
clanging (of a bell); jangling; ding-dong; continuously; incessantly; one after another
(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off people
to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal