day after day; day by day
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
to speak; to say; to vocalize
amount of light; quantity of light
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
illegitimate child; secret love child
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
living together; communal life; cohabitation
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward; after a brief interval
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
opposite; reverse; contrary
having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
this and that; one thing or another
third year of junior high school; third-year junior high school student
excessive meddling (esp. by parents); excessive interference
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
eating; bite (in fishing)
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)