is the best among (others)

middle / in

during absence from home

a bug, insect, worm / a serpent, snake / (figurative): a worm (person living for only one thing) / (derogatory): a worm (despicable person) / a temperament (thought which is in the deep in mind)

dead, dried leaf

涸れる: to dry up / 枯れる: of a plant: to wither; to wilt; to die / 枯れる, 嗄れる: of one's voice: to become husky; to become hoarse

窒素: nitrogen

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend

(computing) being seamless