to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
grey starling (Sturnus cineraceus); gray starling; starling (any bird of family Sturnidae); bumpkin; gullible person; sixty-nine (sexual position)
to remember; to recollect; to recognize; to recognise
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
crossing; passage; importing; import; wandering; wanderer; migration
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
every year; yearly; annually
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
plane tree (any tree of genus Platanus)
roost; nest; pad; crib; one's home
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
nth district of a town; nth city block
blue tarpaulin; blue plastic waterproof sheeting
No Entry; No Trespassing; No Admittance; off-limits; restricted; forbidden
not limited to; not just ...
to sing; to chirp; to twitter
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
no matter how much time passes; no matter how long you wait; (taking) forever
to coagulate; to congeal; to be fanatical (about); to be obsessed (with); to stiffen; to become stiff
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
with a tap; with a knock; smoothly (proceed); without a hitch; even; equal
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
head house; main family; founder (of a certain school, style, etc.); originator; birthplace
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek
light; easy; non-serious; minor