abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
foster parent; foster parents; (pet) caretaker
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to gather; to collect; to assemble
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
report; notification; registration
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
hello; good day; good afternoon
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic