meek; gentle; modest; praiseworthy; admirable
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; not knowing the true nature
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
don't worry; no worries; never mind
to find the resolve (to do); to make up one's mind (with); to act on a thought
programme; program; plans; arrangements
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
participation; joining; entry; adherence
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
matter of time; question of time
surely; certainly; without doubt
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
Taishō period (1912-1926); Taisho period
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
interior design; interior; upholstery
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
from outside; from the side
to finish reading; to read through
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
opposite side; other side; other party
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
calico cat; tortoiseshell-and-white cat
to take off one's glasses