safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
ordinary citizen; the general public
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
overlooking; looking down at; having an overhead view; having a bird's-eye view; having a high-angle view
central part; heart (of a city)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
(act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection
prominent; leading; foremost; distinguished
at that time; in those days
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
authority; power; influence
abasement; fall; forfeiture; sinking (in people's estimation)
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
mechanism; organization; organisation
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
government office building
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
to flatter; to play up to; to fawn on; to pander to; to cater to
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
ornament; decoration; figurehead; leader without real power
rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship