beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
notebook; account book; register
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
female writer; woman writer
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
to get along; to add (one's own concordant voice, etc.)
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
Ms; Miss; Madame; highbrow (woman); cerebral
anxiously; with anxious looks; with anxiety
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
I am sorry (to hear, to say, etc.); a pity
overcoat; greatcoat; cloak; wrap; mantle
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
home and abroad; domestic and foreign; inside and outside; interior and exterior
to revere; to respect; to worship
to state; to express; to mention
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
adoration; reverence; esteem
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
three; three years of age
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
single word; a few words; brief comment
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
gentle; mild; meek; tender
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still