to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to fiddle with; to monkey around with
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
beginning; outset; first; onset
to be found; to be discovered
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
children's story; fairy tale
to name; to call; to christen; to term
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
feeling; sense; impression
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
meddling; fumbling; fondling; playing around with something
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
I see; that's right; indeed
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
most part; greater part; majority
commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
in this way; thus; such; uh...
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent