last scene (e.g. of a movie); closing scene
pair; two kinds; two ways
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start of a season
ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material)
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
to be helpful; to help; to be of assistance; to come in handy
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
letter; missive; note; mail
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate
sloppy; slovenly; slipshod; negligent; loose; unkempt
to be the ruin of (a person)
failure to pay one's compliments; omission of courtesy
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
racketeer; thug; rogue; bully; fixer
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
absolutely; positively; decidedly
fast working; fast in forming relationships with women; quick to resort to violence
multiplication table; times table
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
tenth day of the month; ten days
to write from top to bottom; to write out (at a stretch); to write without a pause; to rewrite classical Chinese in Japanese word order