gradually (progressing); steadily; slowly; seeping out (sweat, tears, etc.)
lukewarm; tepid; lenient; (arch.) slow; (arch.) stupid
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
(parasitic) host; landlord; innkeeper
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
beyond help; there's nothing that can be done
reinforcement; strengthening
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
complicated and mysterious
battlecry; cheer; cry where one breathes in a large volume of air and then releases it suddenly in a loud cry; rushing at the enemy
feeling of a full stomach after a meal; satisfaction of having a full stomach
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
from the beginning; from scratch
imitation; counterfeit; fake; sham; ersatz (object)
to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive
transfer; assignment; conveyance
whim; vagary; capriciousness; eccentricity
desire to tease; desire to cause mischief
minute; fine; delicate; accurate; precise; elaborate
to compose; to put together
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; close (together)
to count on one's fingers; to count down the days (in anticipation); to look forward to
to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
swelling; enlargement; becoming fat; hypertrophy
in history; ever; historical
aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
the same age; same period
we'll cross that bridge when we get there; we'll think about it when the time comes