Aさん：「So how's single life treating you?」
Zさん："Not bad. I think the biggest adjustment is learning to cook for myself."
Aさん：「Like what?」
Zさん："Well, I came up with this one dish. It is a single serving of a kind of seasoned stew with various meats and vegetables."
Aさん：「Sounds good, what do you call it?」
Zさん："Hitori Goulash."
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Z-san explains: "Goulash is a kind of stew. Hitori Goulash would be one-person-stew. ひとりぐらし sounds similar and means 'living alone'."
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