disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
family; members of a family
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
(period of) a year; during an era
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
court decision declaring a missing person legally dead
statement; account (of something); declaration; allegation
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
decision; settlement; definition
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
black-market lending; illegal loan
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
high mountain; lofty peak
now; the present time; just now; another; more
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
all; entire; whole; altogether
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
sorry; excuse me; thank you
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good