identification; background check; identity confirmation
truancy; absence without leave
main point; gist; essentials; bones (e.g. of an idea); pith
absence due to illness; sick leave
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that
silly person; dumb-bunny; dope
whatever will be, will be; things happen the way they happen
Northern Europe; Nordic countries; Scandinavia
looking on from afar; being a spectator
commander-in-chief; supreme commander; captain (of a team)
(one's) life is not in danger; not life-threatening
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
investigation (esp. in academic and scientific contexts)
present stage; current phase; current rank; present grade
tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so
morning training (e.g. before school)
imperial lands; lands blessed by the emperor's reign
going back to sleep (e.g. after waking up in the morning)
valley floor; bottom of a gorge; bottom of a ravine
ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
hollow; cavity; hole; cave
material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa); empress tree; foxglove tree
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
sentimental; mushy; sugary; saccharine; sickly-sweet
outward appearance; apparent