dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate (with); to adorn (with)
senior high school (esp. the senior high school section of a school that also encompasses other grades)
advancing to the next stage of education; going on to (high school, college, etc.)
to start (something); to start up; to launch (a business); to boot (a computer); to launch (a program)
alone; by oneself; on one's own
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
hazy moon (esp. on a spring night)
woman; female; feminine gender
to be wet (with tears); to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite
to blaze down on; to beat down on; to shine down upon
is not ... either; is (neither ...) nor ...; nor is it ...; does not ... either; (neither ...) nor ...; does not even ...
having said that; on the other hand; (but) then; (but) still
to become clouded; to darken; to darken (of a face); to worsen; to deteriorate
phantom; vision; something fleeting; short-lived dream; fabled item; mythical thing
-less; lacking; non-existing
misty, moonlit night; (spring) night with a hazy moon
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
imagination; supposition; guess
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in
faint; indistinct; dim; vague; subtle; delicate
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
queen; female monarch; queen consort; consort of a king; queen; princess
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
tree trunk; bole; backbone; base; foundation