interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
day after day; day by day
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to detain; to check; to restrain
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
precondition; prerequisite
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
handstand; headstand; being upside down; being in reverse
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
self-evident; obvious; axiomatic; self-explanatory; trivial
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
blind (devotion, faith, etc.); reckless
devotion; dedication; self-sacrifice
to complete decisively; to do to completion
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
disorder; disturbance; unrest
certain; definite; clear; credible
fish pen; holding pond; fish tank; live well; live-box
at once; immediately; right now
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail