startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
small window; fenestella; scuttle (type of hatch on a ship)
bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
piece; fragment; one (object)
with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain
thirst for knowledge; intellectual thirst
to make an appeal; to urge
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
compression; condensation; constriction; compaction
to leave a note or document behind; to leave half-written; to leave out
preparation; provision; guarding
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
transcendence; excellence; superiority
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
suddenly; all of a sudden; quickly; emphatically; energetically
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)
unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
possessiveness; desire to monopolize (monopolise); desire for control
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff
great difference; big difference; wide margin
to be impatient; to be eager; to be restless; to be excited; to be in high spirits