December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
from the standpoint of; from the viewpoint of; on; above; the best; top
Virtua Fighter (video game)
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
civic guidance; non-curricular educational guidance; medical guidance
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
to start; to start up; to embark on; to get going; to commence
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
second-year student; second-year pupil; biennial; biennial plant
to be found; to be discovered
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
gathering spot; haunt; rendezvous; meeting place; hang-out
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
hyah!; hah!; there!; ugh!; argh!; damn it!
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
10th month of the lunisolar calendar (traditional first month of winter, approx. November); late autumn; late fall
higher commercial school (pre-WWII); commercial college
introduction; bringing in; installation; introduction (to a story, lecture, etc.); introductory part
strenuous efforts; exerting oneself; stirring oneself up; splurge; spending extravagantly (on); treating oneself (to)
clanging (of a bell); jangling; ding-dong; continuously; incessantly; one after another
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
home and abroad; domestic and foreign; inside and outside; interior and exterior
one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style); one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. a gun, scissors, spade, hoe, inkstick, palanquin, candle, jinrikisha, shamisen, oar); one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m); one game; one task
winter vacation; winter holidays
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
opening ceremony (of the school term)
tedious; boring; dull; to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of)
year-end and New Year holidays (e.g. from December 29 to January 3)
ugh; yuck; ick; blech; damn; crap
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
to gather (of people); to assemble; to hang out; to assemble (of troops); to be stationed; to be quartered
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
to have an idea; to have a clue