promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
by means of; due to; because of; according to
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
municipal office; council; city hall
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
government worker; public servant; civil servant
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
number of times; frequency; count
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
childlike mind; judgment as a child (judgement)
to repeat; to do something over again
to make a payment via bank deposit transfer; to discard another player's winning tile
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
automatic; intransitive verb
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
ancestor; forefather; foremother
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
samurai; warrior; military family
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai
Hiraga Gennai (1728?-1779)
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
mechanical doll; automaton; string puppet; marionette; (fig.) person who follows orders blindly
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
travel guide (book); tourist guide
part time (esp. female part time employees)
tourist trade; travel industry; tourist business; tourist enterprise