intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
one's property; personal effects; one's belongings
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
way; method; means; resource; course
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
to become clear; to be made public
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
certainty; reality; regular; permanent; samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
talk; story; conversation
dissolution; dissolving; solution (e.g. chemical); melting; liquefying; fusion
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
of course; certainly; naturally
(arch.) to grow; (arch.) to spring up; to cut (teeth)
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
(vengeful) ghost; specter; spectre
ghost that appears at sea during a shipwreck; something strange or suspicious; idiot; fool; noh mask for roles involving dead or ghost characters
bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
(the) negative (e.g. pole); yin (in Chinese divination); hidden place; unseen part