not contacting for a while, a long silence

not contact for a while

long absence, (honorific greeting) for when having not written or contacted one for a while

washing away sand to obtain something desirable, such as gold dust or rice / by extension, a fine-grained or careful sorting out or selection of something or someone

to wash away sand to obtain something desirable, such as gold dust or rice / by extension, to carefully sort out or select something or someone

nothing, nothingness / (Buddhism) mu; the null set: neither yes nor no (in response to a koan or other question that mistakenly assumes an affirmative or negative answer).

love affair

bloodshed, fighting where people are injured

nothing / nothingness / none / nil / not

non-, un- / non-, un-