mysterious disappearance; being spirited away
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
10th month of the lunisolar calendar (traditional first month of winter, approx. November); late autumn; late fall
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
round of ghost stories (trad. at night with a lamp or candle being extinguished after each story)
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
(not) even once; (not) ever
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to approach; to draw near
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
to have a talk; to tell a story
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
one way or the other; either way
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to resolve to do; to make up one's mind to do; to set one's heart on; to have one's heart set on
to carry out one's mission
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
to go astray; to become corrupt; to go bad
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody