rope; cord; policeman's rope
mature in age and wisdom; middle-aged
to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke
above the clouds; heaven; the Imperial Court; something unreachable; place of out of reach
failing to live up to one's name; being beaten by one's name
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
concluding festivities; concluding program; concluding programme; final day of a tournament
with gusto; with wild abandon; enthusiastically; energetically
Sachertorte; chocolate cake filled with apricot jam and topped with chocolate icing
item; article; dish; course; finest item
party game in which a randomly selected king issues orders to other players
there is unexpected good in what others have left behind; last but not least; (lit.) there is fortune in leftovers
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
unknown; unidentified; unspecified
accomplishment; realization; attainment; penetration; pervasion
eeny, meeny, miny, moe; eenie, meenie, minie, moe
carelessly; inattentively
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
to affect; to impact; to influence
mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly
suddenly; all of a sudden; abruptly
creakingly; squeakingly; tightly (squeezing, pressing, etc.); (drinking) all in one sweep
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
twenty-fifth day of the month; twenty-five days
twenty-sixth day of the month; twenty-six days
well-balanced; considerate; of fine character
shelving (a play, movie, etc.); closing down; cancelling; rice storehouse of the Edo shogunate
kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes