near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
tedious; boring; being fed up with
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
seventh day of the month; seven days
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
drone beetle (scarabaeid beetle) (Rhomborrhina japonica)
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
through a (computer, etc.) screen
to shake; to sway; to waver
calvaria; area at top of head; parietal
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
to say no more; to sink into silence
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
flustered; flurried; (shocked) speechless
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
expression; presentation; representation; notation
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
family; members of a family
one's house; one's home; one's family
every year; yearly; annually
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
exhausting work; hard work; severe duty