he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

death / (law, historical) one of the five punishments under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system, the methods used are 絞 (kō, “strangling”) and 斬 (zan, “decapitation”)

indicates that something undesirable was done or happened

sister city

traditional folk song of Amami / (more broadly) traditional folk song of Okinawa

To do something completely (unintentionally); cannot help doing

used in response to a failure or mistake: dang, shoot, darn it

to close / to finish, do something completely / to put away, to put an end to / is, or was (with conjugation), done completely / happens, or happened, unexpectedly / is done with difficulty

涸れる: to dry up / 枯れる: of a plant: to wither; to wilt; to die / 枯れる, 嗄れる: of one's voice: to become husky; to become hoarse

dead, dried leaf