Keyword
day-to-day life
Info
FrequencyTop 700-800
Type
Kyōiku (6th grade) 
?
KankenLevel 5
Heisig247
Readings
(74%)
(14%)
(4%)
くら
(3%)
ぐれ
(1%)
くれ
(1%)
Composed of
want not
sun
Mnemonic

When you want not the sun you know that day-to-day life is getting to you, or perhaps you just have no day-to-day life in the first place so there's just no reason to actually go outside?

Used in vocabulary (137 in total)
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
to set (sun); to become dark
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
evening; dusk; twilight
living by oneself; living alone
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
time around sunset; early evening
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
to begin some form of lifestyle
minor business
unfashionable; uncouth; unrefined; unpolished; unsophisticated
living together (with one more person)
living by oneself; living alone
living by oneself; living alone
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
evening; dusk; twilight
lifestyle; way of life
living by oneself; living alone
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
to be filled with grief; to be overcome with sorrow
to begin to get dark; to begin to set (the Sun)
dusk; nightfall; twilight
country living; life in the country; country life
to grow dark slowly
financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time
to begin to get dark; to begin to set (the Sun)
despite having waited a long time; in spite of having waited a long time
to be lost in thought
living together (with one more person)
living with one's parents; living at home
year-end gift; end of the year; year end
needy circumstances; living in poverty
to darken; to wane
to spend one's days in tears and sorrow
dusk; twilight scene
morning and evening; all the time
life circumstances; lifestyle; (family) finances
year-end gift; end of the year; year end
way of living
day in and day out; all the time
boorishness; coarseness; stupidity
to idle away one's time
evening; sunset; nightfall
to live in comfort
asking would be rude; tasteless question
to be overtaken by darkness
evening; sunset; nightfall
an unsettled course of action; (orders or laws) being revised often with no guiding principles
living by oneself; living alone
to idle away one's time
life circumstances; lifestyle; (family) finances
night; evening
Bon and year-end festivals
to darken; to wane
living abroad; life overseas
financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time
to linger (faint light of twilight); to remain lit in the lingering twilight
Bon and year-end festivals
living by oneself; living alone
late spring; third month of the lunar calendar
widowhood; widowerhood; viduity
evening twilight
from morning to evening; all day long
it's tactless to state the obvious; that's best left unsaid
to wait all day
to pass the time talking
living by oneself; living alone
year-end gift; end of the year; year end
twilight clouds
lifestyle; way of life
despite having waited a long time; in spite of having waited a long time
life circumstances; lifestyle; (family) finances
autumn dusk; the end of autumn
dawn and dusk; morn and eve
being preoccupied with immediate (superficial) differences without realizing that there are no differences in substance; six of one and half a dozen of another
the year ends
to spend one's days in tears and sorrow
to weep bitterly; to suddenly grow dark
late autumn (fall); ninth month of the lunar calendar
to grow dark slowly
to fall completely dark
life circumstances; lifestyle; (family) finances
spring evening; end of spring
from morning to evening; all day long
twilight tolling of a bell
to begin to get dark; to begin to set (the Sun)
dusky; somber light of a gathering dusk
to weep bitterly; to suddenly grow dark
to spend one's days in tears and sorrow
every morning and evening
twilight snowfall
the day is short, and the work is much; my goal is still a long way off
to affect the cost of living
widowhood; widowerhood; viduity
widowhood; widowerhood; viduity
to begin to get dark; to begin to set (the Sun)
financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time
financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time
to begin to get dark; to begin to set (the Sun)
needy circumstances; living in poverty
to be overtaken by darkness
to weep bitterly; to suddenly grow dark
widowhood; widowerhood; viduity
widowhood; widowerhood; viduity
widowhood; widowerhood; viduity
to pass the time talking
(not) at all; wholly; entirely; completely; totally
(not) at all; wholly; entirely; completely; totally
to fall completely dark
every morning and evening
couple with older man and younger woman; May-December romance
to live deeply in love
sexual liaison; (arch.) morning clouds and evening rain
evening; twilight
to spend one's days and nights doing ...
to spend one's days and nights doing ...
end of spring
sixth lunar month
sixth lunar month
shade under a tree in full leaf; summer
evening rain
Examples (200 in total)
It's been ten years since I came to live here.
It's difficult to live in this city.
I got accustomed to living alone.