Around Forty, looks like Twenties.
Around Forty, in short, Ara Four means a person is 36 to 44. “OMG I’ll be around forty next year!” Women under 35 is very tough position, either you’re married or not married. “Obasan” means middle aged women in Japanese. Also pronounce the same as aunt. Most women can’t accept the fact you will be called this way. 20 years ago, above 30 is considered Obasan. Now though, because of so many both famous and unknown ordinary women keep themselves look young changes images of over thirty still young and beautiful. You can look pretty good in thirties no problem but how about in 40’s? Around 40 is the challenging time for women. Especially in Japan, age matters. Women around thirty is getting nervous about whether if she will get married by early thirty or at least build a certain relationship to be married and have family together, well, sounds like kind of similar everywhere though. Because of long recession, its harder for young people to hav...