editor (in publishing, etc.)
contributor (of articles)
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
the last day of the year; New Year's Eve
sons and daughters; children; girl
distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement
literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
intensive; concentrated; focused
pulmonary tuberculosis; consumption
dōjinshi; magazine published by like-minded people; fanzine; zine
name; title; designation; fame; reputation
alas; regrettably; to my great regret; tragically
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
like; similar to; same as
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
grotesque; disgusting; gross
to be infected; to be contagious
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
position in a game of go or shogi; state of the game; aspect of an affair; situation
polish; improvement; burnishing
seamanship; (the art of) navigation
study of natural laws; branch of neo-Confusianist scholarship
laws of nature; physical laws; physics