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
(arch.) the art of war; (arch.) martial arts; military force; the sword; valor; bravery
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
remittance fraud; bank transfer scam
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
such; like that; that sort of; very
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis