Shirabe
Noun Irregular Intransitive
English jmdict
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suruintransitive 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
He was deeply in debt. And he and his family skipped town.