fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
shameful; disgraceful; unsightly; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
novel; original; new; innovative
cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach
to be disgusted with; to be fed up with; to run out of patience with
Saitama Prefecture (Kanto area)
adversity strengthens the foundations; after a storm comes a calm; what doesn't kill you makes you stronger; (lit.) the ground hardens after it rains
close friendship; close friend; good friend; intimate relations; sexual intercourse; sex
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; (small) piece; unimportant (person); petty ...; humble ...
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, job, etc.) to someone else; entrusting; leaving the choice of a meal to 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; a certain person
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)
roar of laughter (from multiple people); burst of laughter; uproarious laughter; laughing hard (of 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; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy
phantom; vision; something fleeting; short-lived dream; fabled item; mythical thing
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
gyudon; rice covered with sliced beef, usu. with fried onion
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone 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