So I'm trying to understand this paragraph of the 365 Nichi no Kamihikouki song text


So I'm trying to understand this paragraph of the 365 Nichi no Kamihikouki
song text. I've tried to do my own translation as well as I can.

() = implied

> 時には雨 **も** 降って - At times when the rain falls (and)
>
> 涙 **も** 溢れる **けど** - tears overflow (as well) but (even if / when)
>
> 思い通りにならない日は - the day is not going well
>
> 明日 頑張ろう - (I'll just) do my best tomorrow (instead)

  * Why is there a も and not a が in 時には雨 **も** 降って. Is it connected to the も on next line to build a meaningful sentence. And is there some grammatical structure to the hole paragraph with けど I'm missing?

  * Again, the も on the second row is it needed because of the first row or does it just mean **as well**?

  * Do you agree with my translation and () implied additions for the sentence to make sense and flow better?




I think you should parse it this way:

> 〔時には雨も降って涙も溢れる〕けど、〔（思い通りにならない日は）明日頑張ろう〕。

The けど continues to 明日頑張ろう "I'll do my best on the next day", not to
思い通りにならない日は "on the day when things don't go well / if things don't go well on
a day".

So the lyrics literally mean:

> 時には雨も降って - At times, rain would fall and  
>  涙も溢れるけど - tears would overflow, but  
>  思い通りにならない日は - on a day when things don't go well / if things don't go well
> on a day,  
>  明日頑張ろう - I'll do my best on the next day (instead).

時には means "at times" "sometimes/occasionally" "there are times (when)...".
(Here it's functioning as a 副詞, not as a 接続詞.)

As for the も in 雨 **も** 降る and 涙 **も** 溢れる, I think these threads will help:

  * [Odd use of も has me stumped](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/32886/9831)
  * [も in 「Vのもアレなんだけど」](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/55970/9831)
  * [What is the difference between 「とは限らない」and 「とも限らない」](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/55266/9831)




Just about your question about けど in comments; “but” isn’t the only meaning
for it; I suggest you read this <https://bit.ly/2T36LD8>  
I’m not good at explaining but basically けど and が can also work as ways to
naturally build up on the prior sentence and continue based on it. that means
they can sometimes be translated as “and” or “so” in english.

