Saitama prefecture (Kanto area)
adversity strengthens the foundations; after a storm comes a calm; what doesn't kill you makes you stronger
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
that day; the very same day
passing; (person) who happens to pass by; (place) that one happens to pass by; casual (e.g. romance); momentary
scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
unexpected meeting; coincidence
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
roar of laughter (from multiple people); burst of laughter; uproarious laughter; laughing hard (by a single person)
convenience; service; facility; excreta (esp. faeces); excrement; stool
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
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
extra-large portion; extra-sized serving
to bolt down (food); to gulp down; to shovel (into one's mouth)
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
at once; immediately; right now
having a meal (before doing something); fortifying oneself with a meal
manners; customs; sex service; sex industry; sex-oriented entertainment
a few minutes later; after a few minutes
dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
indictment; prosecution; complaint