immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
to become desperate; to give way to despair
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
force (bulldoze) one's way through
how; in what way; how about
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
interchange; international; inter-
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
public highway; local street; open road; ordinary road
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
discovery; detection; finding
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
communist bloc; Iron Curtain
smuggling; contraband trade
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
I see; that's right; indeed
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to score points with (a person)
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to