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noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru, intransitive verb
running off in the night (to leave one's old life behind, e.g. to get away from debt), moonlight flit, skipping town overnight, upping and leaving under the cover of darkness, midnight vanishing act
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彼は借金がたまって夜逃げ同然に町を去った。
He was deeply in debt. And he and his family skipped town.
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