quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
conviction; belief; confidence
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
(social) position; status
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
I agree with you; it is as (someone) says
this world; this life; world of the living
one's field of expertise; one's strong area
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
to be found; to be discovered
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
admiration; wonder; astonishment
famous; well-known; renowned; your name
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate