December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days
keyword; key word; clue word; keyword; search term; indexing term
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
temple bell rung 108 times on New Year's Eve
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
(rubbing, twisting) hard; with a squeal; with a creak; (drinking) in one sweep
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
diamond (mineral, gemstone); diamond; infield; diamond (card suit)
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
on the way back; returning
scarcity value; rarity value; preciousness
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
to distort; to strain (interpretation); to force (meaning)
one-by-one; separately; in detail
distortion; stretch; strained interpretation; technicality; casuistry; sophistry
three; three years of age
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser
to be transmitted (handed down) from generation to generation
to form a pair; to pair up