(with a) mindset as if one were playing a video game; thinking of (treating) something as though it were a game
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
mapping (creating an association between data elements, etc.); mapping; mapping; cartography
making (a report, plan, contract, etc.); drawing up; writing out; preparing; creating (a file, website, account, etc.)
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
to live through hell; to go to hell and back; to suffer dire straits
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act, usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
to fray one's nerves; to wear out one's nerves; to frazzle one's nerves; to be a nervous wreck
a few hours; several hours; a couple of hours
travelling (a long and difficult journey) on foot; walking (all the way) across; travelling through; travelling all over (e.g. a country); visiting all the major locations (of a region, etc.)
profound; deep; grave; solid; dignified; stately
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off
stairs; stairway; staircase
going up and down; ascent and descent; climb and descent
performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
to be lazy; to be slack; to feel dull; to feel languid; to feel listless
(not) even a little bit; (not) in the slightest; (not) one bit
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift
other side; opposite side; other party
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price
bright white (esp. for snow and ice); brilliant white
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
the West; the Occident; Western countries
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)