December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days
New Year's Eve; December 31
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
service (bus, train); operation; motion; revolution; movement
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
limited express (train for which a limited-express ticket is required); limited express (train making a limited no. of stops); great hurry
unveiling; debut; introduction
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
railroad; railway; rail transport
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general
extremely rich person; multimillionaire; billionaire; daifugō; daihinmin; Japanese card game similar to President
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
private funds; own funds; private property
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become