to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to contribute; to play a part in; to have a hand in; to finance
to rise; to raise up; to straighten up; to sit up; to stand up
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
primary school; elementary school; grade school
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
sea of blood; pool of blood
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
since then; from that time; ever since
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
only; merely; but; no more than
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
one thin flat object; one sheet
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
large seal; large stamp; seal of approval; guarantee; endorsement
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain