interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
one breath; chug!; drink!
to press; to oppress; to dominate; to overwhelm
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
pressure; oppression; suppression
last days; the end; one's fate
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
by myself; in person; by oneself
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
production (e.g. play); direction
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
to add (to); to add on; to append
to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet
one example of (when there are more examples)
twofold and threefold; doubled and redoubled
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
present-day science; modern science
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation