picking; collecting; harvesting
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
enthusiast; mania; enthusiasm
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
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 repeat; 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
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
one's post; place of work; workplace
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
(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 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; assets; property
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living