sharp increase; sudden rise
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
flurry of snow in a clear sky; winter wind which brings scattered snowflakes or raindrops; skin eruptions cause by a cold or fever
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
hail; sleet; chilly rain; freezing rain
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
well-informed person; walking dictionary; extensive knowledge
old book; rare book; classic; secondhand book; used book
odds and ends; all; every
to pay; to be profitable; to pull against each other
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
reverse side of a paper; reading between the lines
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
tentative plan; draft plan
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
record of war; war chronicle; commentaries of war; military history
strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number
abbreviation; omission; outline; gist; plan; strategy
depiction; description; portrayal
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
picturesque; pictorial; graphic
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology