difficult / hard, probably impossible

as one would expect

even so, nevertheless, with that said / even, as ... as it is

indicates respect

(informal, chiefly men's speech) second-person personal pronoun: you (romantic)

an emperor / a lord / a master / a nobleman or other person of high(er) rank / (after a が (ga) or の (no) particle) term of respect to another person / (historical, archaic) a prostitute

king, lord, ruler / person of high rank / form of address to fellow colleagues or inferiors

suffix for boys' names / indicates respect / indicates familiarity

second person personal pronoun: you

as expected; as one would expect; indeed