Example sentences

1. 彼は病気でずっと床についたきりだ。

   He has been confined to his bed with illness.

2. 彼はそこに行ったきり２度と帰ってこなかった。

   He went there, never to return.

3. 彼は３年前に家を出たきり全然消息がない。

   He went away from home three years ago, and has never been heard of since.