to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
in that way; thus; so; so?
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
older sister; elder sister
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
special; particular; peculiar; unique
rehabilitation (in society)
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
court decision declaring a missing person legally dead
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
such; this sort of; like this
about; concerning; related to; -ish
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
mysterious disappearance; being spirited away
sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who