to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
father; dad; husband; you; he
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
person of common sense; common sense man
to understand; to comprehend
unable to resist; unable to suppress
to build (a nest); to nest; to haunt (a place); to hang out (somewhere)
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
first part; first volume; prequel
nonchalantly; without a care
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
looking like a ...; acting as if a ...
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
of good character; kindhearted; good-natured
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
living thing; living creature; animal; life
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
to understand everything from only one part; to be perceptive; to be quick to understand; to be quick on the uptake
ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
leftovers; half-eaten food; leftover food
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
moxa; Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps)
in advance; beforehand; previously