to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
to expose one's faults; to have one's defects exposed; to show oneself up
replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching
to lean coquettishly against; to snuggle into; to nestle into
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
tempting thing; (too much of a) temptation; something that shouldn't be seen; thing damaging to the eyes
investigation (esp. in academic and scientific contexts); finding out the facts; bringing (a matter) to light; inquiring into
restoration (to the original state or location); reconstruction; restitution
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
twist; spin; ingenuity; sophistication (e.g. of writing style); monetary offering (or gift) wrapped in paper; twisting throw
girl; lass; young thing; chick
sound; noise; (speech) sound; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
with a screech; with a squeak; with a squeal
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
discontinuation (of business); closing down; giving up (one's practice); retiring
red; vermilion; cinnabar; scarlet
feminine; womanly; female
undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows
to misfire; to come to naught; to end in failure; to fizzle out; to fall flat
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
being half awake and half asleep; (lit.) butterfly's dream
fear; horror; risk; danger; awe; reverence
greedy; avaricious; covetous; raga (desire)
delay; lag; falling behind; falling behind in; lagging behind in
to take another good look at; to reconsider; to analyze; to reexamine
uncharted territory; unknown waters; unfamiliar terrain
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
state of (mental) confusion (agitation)
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
anxiously; with anxious looks; with anxiety
pleading; entreaty; supplication; petition
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; here and there; (sound of) walking slowly
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
gauge; standard; length; size; (measuring) rule; scale
to walk noisily; to walk loudly