these days; nowadays; recently; lately
to take a lesson from (someone serving as an example); to learn from someone's example; (lit.) to boil the dirt under (someone's) fingernails and drink it
humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts
author; writer; novelist; artist
plagiarism; plagiarised work
another name; different name; synonym; alias; pseudonym; pen name
father's side of family; paternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
boobs; boobies; breasts; breast milk
stinging hair (of a nettle, caterpillar, etc.)
one side; one party; the other side; one (of a pair); the other (one); the mate
pitiful; pathetic; painful (to look at)
to be able to manage somehow or other
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
to spill; to drop; to grumble (about); to complain (of); to let (one's feelings) show
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
atavism; throwback; reappearance of an earlier characteristic; reappearance; atavism
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
inheritable character; inheritable; hereditary; inherited
three generations; three periods; third generation
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
thick; bulky; massive; heavy
file (for holding papers); file (collection of documents); filing; file
blank; blank space; gap; time spent not doing something (e.g. working, practicing)
dozens; scores of; decades
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
occasionally; at times; the season; from time to time
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell