proposal; proposition; suggestion
successful bid; winning a tender
complex; inferiority complex; complex (of buildings, facilities, etc.)
delicacy; tact; considerateness; sensitivity; thoughtfulness
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
solitude; loneliness; isolation
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
racing (an engine); idling (an engine); going in circles (esp. argument, discussion, etc.); spinning one's wheels
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
slow motion (video); moving slowly; moving leisurely
tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
to continue to do; to persist in doing
to win and advance to the next round
all eyes; public attention
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
abasement; fall; forfeiture; sinking (in people's estimation)
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection
chasing too far; pursuing relentlessly
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
lucky seventh (inning); seventh-inning stretch
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
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.)