quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
holiday season (e.g. Christmas, Thanksgiving)
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
sense of anticipation; feeling of expectation; feeling of hope
festival; feast; carnival
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
to become red; to redden; to blush
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
preliminary arrangements; spade work
No Entry; No Trespassing; No Admittance; off-limits; restricted; forbidden
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
(the privilege to have) an audience (with one's lord, a dignitary, etc.); interview (with one's superior); one's debut (first) appearance; debut (of a new product, work of art, actor, etc.); trial service (of a servant)
complete change; about-face
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
sleet; daikon shavings; grated daikon; shaved ice topped with honey
anything and everything; just about everything
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
the West; the Occident; Western countries
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
early (days); initial stage; initial
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
stairs; stairway; staircase
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
solitarily; in a lonely fashion; all alone; by oneself
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release