missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
woman; female; feminine gender
official announcement; proclamation
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
Sleeping Beauty (fairy tale)
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
now; the present time; just now; another; more
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
calm, cool, and collected; level and calm
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate