daytime; during the day; Japan and China
absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity (philosophy)
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits
now rejoicing, now worrying; swinging from joy to sorrow; glad and sad by turns; alternating hope and fear; unable to put one's mind at ease
pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure
to be befuddled (with drink); to be intoxicated; to be infatuated; to be entranced; to be carried away
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
every place; various places
dead person; deceased person
resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
firm promise; definite promise
just the other day; quite recently
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
to have a narrow escape from death
to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of
inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable
primordial; fundamental; basic; primitive
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
creation; birth; formation; naissance; construction
to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
serious; earnest; honest; real; legit
I know, right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!; there we go
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
superficial; shallow; frivolous; careless; sliding along the surface of something; being slippery
to build (a nest); to nest; to haunt (a place); to hang out (somewhere)
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
ratio; proportion; percentage
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
to irritate one; to get on one's nerves
to lose one's temper; to throw a tantrum