to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased
court decision declaring a missing person legally dead
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
legal; from a legal standpoint; legally speaking; de jure
sarcophagus; stone coffin
to avenge oneself; to settle a score; to take revenge
to bear fruit; to ripen; to produce (good) results; to show results; to bear fruit
to occur repeatedly; to repeat; to be repeated; to be frequent
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
several years; a few years
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
leaving a letter behind; letter left behind by someone who has departed; farewell letter
plentiful; abundant; definitely extant
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
clincher; pick-up line; honeyed phrase; telling phrase; phrase that brings someone around, esp. in personal relationships
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
walkout; strike; desertion
(excessive) flattery; smarminess; fawning
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
it is written that ...; ... is written; it says ...; it reads ...
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
to come back (to); to return to a starting point
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
let's see what you've got; show me what you've got
(giving) birth; childbirth; native (of); product of; produced in; assets
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
to choke; to have trouble breathing
sudden impulse; passing fancy