year-end party; "forget-the-year" party; bōnenkai
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
woman; female; feminine gender
both; both sides; both parties
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
email; mail; post; message (in an instant messaging application); instant message; male
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
scholar of literature; literary person; man of letters; writer
no!; no no!; no, not at all
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
time; season; period; phase; stage
disorderly; messy; absurd; unreasonable; very; extremely
after that; afterwards; thereafter
to pity; to sympathize with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to appreciate; to recognize (someone's efforts)
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
number one; first; best; most; game; round
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
extremely; very; really; super; so
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
only; merely; nothing but; no more than
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic