difficult to ...; hard to ...
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
loyal retainer; loyal subject
consensus; collective will; collective opinion
besides; in addition; also; moreover
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
diplomatic; diplomatically
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
speech and behaviour (behavior)
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
feigned ignorance; pretending not to recognize (somebody); unconcerned air; indifference
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
sick; nauseated; angry; irritated
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
many; much; plenty; hardly
to inlay; to set; to stud (e.g. star-studded sky); to enchase (something) with; to mount (gems)
highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art)
inside of a castle; area surrounded by castle walls