beauty; good figure; (beautiful) appearance; beautification; beauty treatment; beauty culture
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
peeking; peeping (e.g. through a hole, narrow gap)
somewhat larger (amount); quite a lot; a little more (than usual); a little extra
about 80%; almost certainly; mostly
small-format paperback book; pocket paperback
porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion
sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)
ginger (Zingiber officinale)
mixture of soy sauce and vinegar
supreme; greatest; highest; best
frozen food; eating raw food; Chinese tradition of consuming only cold food on the 105th day after the winter solstice; 105th day after the winter solstice
to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot
very; greatly; exceedingly
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
determination; resolution
to trust; to relax one's guard (around)
pharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop); hospital pharmacy; dispensary
sweets (desserts, candy, etc.)
my husband; one's family; family member
to be biased; to have a bias
(power of) understanding; comprehensive faculty
lack of understanding; lack of sympathy
pace; tempo; slow and fast; in case of emergency
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
looking depressed; long face
to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined
to relax one's efforts; to let up; to let one's guard down
conscious; deliberate; intentional
to gain fame; to make one's name
being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands
speaking of ...; as for ...
to be more than one can imagine (esp. of sadness, anguish, etc.); to be impossible to comprehend