December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
number one; first; best; most; game; round
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
living together; communal life; cohabitation
living in a group; communal living; community life
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
group; party; team; squad; section
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
squad leader; group leader; team leader
at that time; in those days
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
nothing but; none other than
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
beginning; outset; first; onset
to become misty; to become hazy
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official