difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to draw (the winning ticket); to apply; to compare; to put (oneself in someone's position)
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
otherwise; or else; if not
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
according to (depending on) the mood of the moment; as one's fancy dictates
instability; insecurity; crankiness
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
secret understanding; collusion
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
ago; since; before; previous
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
giving one's name (or rank, etc.); self-introduction; name readings of kanji
spokesperson; speaker (for someone); mouthpiece; voice (e.g. for the ordinary citizen)
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
being clearheaded; having a keen (sharp, brilliant) mind