promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
focusing (e.g. light); convergence
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
appointment; rendezvous; date
verbal promise; one's word
lattice; counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)
promise; vow; engagement; convention; rule; resolution
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
to detain; to take into custody
total hours spent working
hairstyle introduced in the Meiji era consisting in a bun or chignon tied at the back of the head
arrest; custody; detention
old ceremonial court dress
engagement; betrothal; marriage contract
as promised; true to one's promise
full Japanese court dress of traditional fashion
fetters; shackles; restraints
offerings of rope, paper, etc. hung on trees in Shinto shrines
legal binding force; legally binding power
physical restraint (e.g. by police); (taking into) custody; detention
entrance fee; initiation fee; registration fee; (arch.) gift of dried meat from a new vassal or pupil
luminous flux; pencil (of light); beam
compulsory adherence to a party decision; restrictions on party debate
vascular cambium; wood cambium
fascicle; fiber bundle; fibre bundle
many irons in the fire; engaged in two trades at the same time; wearing two hats
closing ranks; uniting and working together; coming together for fighting
restraint; being exclusively absorbed in something
binding inheritance principle; BIP
government-binding theory
condenser lens; converging lens
proportional representation electoral system (in which party votes are cast, and candidates from each party are elected based on an ordered list available to the public)
proportional representation system in which both party and individual votes are cast, seats are distributed amongst parties by proportion of vote obtained, and candidates are elected in descending order of number of votes obtained
intertropical convergence zone; ITCZ