startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
remembrance; recollection; recognition
adds force or indicates command
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to recall; to remember; to recollect
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
this (very thing); this precisely
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
study; research; investigation
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
scenery; scene; landscape
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to tower over the surroundings
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
should; must; -able; probably; likely
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
reality; actuality; hard fact
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
welcome!; nice to see you!