orbit; trajectory; railroad track; (right) track; proper course
several; various; divergent; conflicting; different; diverse
24 hours; twenty-four hours
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
each day; from day to day; day-to-day
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to set (sun); to become dark
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)
drop (e.g. of water); drip
to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
bubble on surface of liquid; ephemeral; transient
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
naked eye; the physical eye
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
dawn (sometimes esp. in ref. to the 16th day of the lunar month onward)
visit; call; arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; news; tidings
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
mid-air; mid-heaven; zenith
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)