temporary absence from school
March; third month of the lunar calendar
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
twenty-first day of the month; twenty-one days
persistence; single-mindedness
losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
don't try and tell me that!; don't try that shit on me
madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi); madder (red color)
overnight stay; stopover; inn; hotel; anchorage; night duty
sightseeing spot; tourist attraction
twenty-second day of the month; twenty-two days
lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
and yet; though; when; in spite of
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
feigned ignorance; pretending not to recognize (somebody); unconcerned air; indifference
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to be silent; to say nothing
wicked tongue; abusive language
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
trespassing; intrusion; to barge into; to burst into; to trespass
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
abusive language; violent language; wild words
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to act lovestruck; to be fawning; to act affectionate
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
soft; fragile; weak; poorly built; insubstantial
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
that is to say; so that means
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish