putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
pitch dark; total darkness
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
decoration; ornament; trimmings
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to pass (of time); to elapse
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
to fall and pile up (e.g. snow); to lie thick
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony
sickroom; hospital room; ward
with these words; while saying
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
at least; at most; (even) just
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
literally; to the letter; literal
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
how long; how far; how much
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
one day; (on) a certain day
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)