incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
to scramble for; to struggle for; to contend for; to fight for
suddenly; unexpectedly; by chance; accidentally; lightly; nimbly
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to cross one's mind; to spring to mind; to occur to one
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
slip of the tongue; misstatement; verbal slip-up
to become an expert; to be master at
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
utmost limits; extremity; limit
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle
to be able to manage somehow or another
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
best; extra-fine; superfine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far
connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction
if you do this; if this is the case
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
24 hours; twenty-four hours
reduction; decrease; subtraction; (arch.) reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryo codes)
good performance; good work; great success
connector cable; connection cable
one's own work; making by oneself
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name