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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
myself; yourself; I; me; you
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
father; dad; husband; you; he
together; at the same time; same; identical
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
high mountain; lofty peak
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo