December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
foreword to a collection of poems; preface; explanatory notes; captions
-less; lacking; non-existing
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
custom; habit; customary practice
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
Japanese person; Japanese people
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
composed expression; clear face
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
to look down on; to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
undesirable lover (boyfriend, girlfriend); passion; temper; irritability