この一見、あたりまえのように見えることが、実は難しいのである。

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

look; glimpse; glance; to glance; to glimpse; apparently; seemingly; first meeting

natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary; commonplace; the norm

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

to have an audience; to meet; to see; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly

difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.); fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased; gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look); dirty; unclean; filthy; detestable; unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

a certain ...; some ...