parent; parents; dealer; banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
from the standpoint of; from the viewpoint of; on; above; the best; top
number one; first; best; most; game; round
to open (one's eyes) wide
eccentricity; eccentric behaviour
regret; repentance; remorse
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
clientele; customer stratum
time; hour; period; class
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
junior high school student; middle school pupil
one class (of students); one group (of people); one set (of items); one pair
in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
water tank; cistern; fish tank; aquarium
to look into; to peep into; to peer into
Oriental butterflyfish (Chaetodon auripes)
moment; instant; just then; right at that moment; for a moment; for an instant
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
living thing; living creature; animal; life
now that you say that; now that you mention it