difficult to ...; hard to ...
until now; so far; up to the present
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
already; now; no longer; not any more
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to paint (draw) a picture
tool; implement; means; furniture
buying; shopping; buyer; purchase
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
remainder; remnant; not very; not much; too much; excessively
last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
party; social event; get-together; compa (Haitian dance music); konpa; kompa
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
serious; not joking; straight
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
walleye pollack roe (generally served salted and spiced with red pepper)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
walleye pollack (Theragra chalcogramma); Alaska pollack; walleye pollack roe (generally served salted and spiced with red pepper)
rolled Japanese-style omelette