incremental; step-by-step; gradual; stepwise
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
to become possible; to become able to (do)
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
infection; contagion; becoming infected
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
how long; how much; to what extent
and; thereupon; because of that
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
several times (as large, over)