difficult to ...; hard to ...
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
approximate age; age range
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
don't you think?; indicates question
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
arm; skill; efforts; ability
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
great war; great battle; world war
battlefield; battleground
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
chivalrous man who helps the weak and fights the strong; knight in shining armor; ruffians who act under the pretence of being chivalrous
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
sake offered to someone; treat of sake
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
in this way; thus; such; uh...
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...