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An interesting article on age in Japan from the Japan Times. Though more an excercise in vocabulary learning than truly informative. However:

In the past couple of years however, otona (adult) has become a sweeping marketing concept, especially among women. Otonappoi (adult-like), that once disdained phrase now heads the list of otokokara kikitai kotoba (words we want to hear from men) and the in-trend make-up technique has shifted from shojyogao (little girl face) to otonagao (adult face).

They have this feature every Thursday in a bilingual section at Japan Times if you`re interested in learning more obscure Japanese than konnichiwa and arigato.