superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
one cause; one reason; one factor
cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth; shrieking sound; woman's scream; cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
lower region; lower part; region below
one house; the same house
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
means of transportation; transport service
preservation; retainment; keeping
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
covered with; stained; smeared
to stop crying; to cry oneself out
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
good performance; good work; great success
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
elaborate; delicate; exquisite
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
outer canthus; outer corner of the eye
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
(state of) house arrest; (state of) confinement
to turn pale; to lose color; to lose colour
eternal slumber; everlasting rest; death
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
unworthy; unbecoming; improper
to be horrified; to be filled with trepidation; to shake with fright; to yield to terror
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
dead branch (or twig, etc.); withered branch
stupor; stupefaction; trance; (being) dumbfounded
looking on; remaining a spectator
Cronus (Greek god); Kronos