monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
settlement; solution; resolution
if I'm forced to say something; if anything; if I must say; if I must choose
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
infant; baby; little child
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
conviction; belief; confidence
going upstream; sailing against the current
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
being isolated and helpless; fighting (struggling) alone and unassisted
to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); condensation (of a vapour or gas)
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
brilliant; bright; dazzling
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
ash; embers; complete destruction
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
the ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
another kind; distinct species; variety
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
rival; opponent; revenge; (arch.) spouse
beyond imagination; unimaginable