子 | [zǐ, ㄗˇ, 子] son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat #469 [Add to Longdo] |
十二月 | [shí èr yuè, ㄕˊ ㄦˋ ㄩㄝˋ, 十 二 月] December; twelfth month #7,760 [Add to Longdo] |
冬至 | [Dōng zhì, ㄉㄨㄥ ㄓˋ, 冬 至] Winter Solstice, 22nd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 22nd December-5th January #8,412 [Add to Longdo] |
大雪 | [Dà xuě, ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝˇ, 大 雪] Daxue or Great Snow, 21st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-21st December #10,490 [Add to Longdo] |
小雪 | [Xiǎo xuě, ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄩㄝˇ, 小 雪] Xiaoxue or Lesser Snow, 20th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 22nd November-6th December #11,609 [Add to Longdo] |
南京大屠杀 | [Nán jīng dà tú shā, ㄋㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄉㄚˋ ㄊㄨˊ ㄕㄚ, 南 京 大 屠 杀 / 南 京 大 屠 殺] the Nanjing massacre of December 1937 #15,445 [Add to Longdo] |
腊 | [là, ㄌㄚˋ, 腊 / 臘] December; preserved (meat) #16,822 [Add to Longdo] |
亥 | [hài, ㄏㄞˋ, 亥] 12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m., 10th solar month (7th November-6th December), year of the Boar #36,000 [Add to Longdo] |
西安事变 | [Xī ān shì biàn, ㄒㄧ ㄢ ㄕˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ, 西 安 事 变 / 西 安 事 變] Xi'an incident of 12th December 1936 (kidnap of Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石) #36,958 [Add to Longdo] |
百团大战 | [Bǎi tuán Dà zhàn, ㄅㄞˇ ㄊㄨㄢˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄓㄢˋ, 百 团 大 战 / 百 團 大 戰] Hundred Regiments offensive of August-December 1940, a large scale offensive against the Japanese by the communists #69,063 [Add to Longdo] |
南京大屠杀事件 | [Nán jīng dà tú shā shì jiàn, ㄋㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄉㄚˋ ㄊㄨˊ ㄕㄚ ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ, 南 京 大 屠 杀 事 件 / 南 京 大 屠 殺 事 件] the Nanjing massacre of December 1937; the Rape of Nanjing (documentary book by Iris Chang 張純如|张纯如) [Add to Longdo] |
华北事变 | [Huá běi shì biàn, ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄅㄟˇ ㄕˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ, 华 北 事 变 / 華 北 事 變] North China incident of October-December 1935, a Japanese attempt to set up a puppet government in north China [Add to Longdo] |
十二月(P);12月(P) | [じゅうにがつ, juunigatsu] (n-adv) December; (P) #16,926 [Add to Longdo] |
大晦日(P);大みそか | [おおみそか, oomisoka] (n-t) New Year's Eve; December 31st; (P) #17,040 [Add to Longdo] |
丑 | [うし, ushi] (n) second sign of Chinese zodiac (The Ox, 1am-3am, north-northeast, December) #18,429 [Add to Longdo] |
すす払い;煤払い | [すすはらい, susuharai] (n) (1) cleaning dust etc. from rooms; housecleaning; (2) (See 煤掃き) (the traditional Japanese end-of-the-year, 13th December) big house cleaning; spring cleaning (only not in spring) [Add to Longdo] |
ディセンバー | [deisenba-] (n) December [Add to Longdo] |
顔見せ;顔見世 | [かおみせ, kaomise] (n, vs) (1) (esp. 顔見せ) making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (2) (esp. 顔見世) introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); (3) (esp. 顔見世) (See 顔見世狂言) December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform [Add to Longdo] |
顔見世狂言 | [かおみせきょうげん, kaomisekyougen] (n) December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform [Add to Longdo] |
旧臘 | [きゅうろう, kyuurou] (n-adv, n-t) last December; end of last year [Add to Longdo] |
極月 | [ごくげつ, gokugetsu] (n) last month of the year; December [Add to Longdo] |
事始め | [ことはじめ, kotohajime] (n) (1) taking up a new line of work; the beginning of things; (2) starting the preparations for New Year's festivities (December 8 in Tokyo, December 13 in Kyoto); (3) (See 仕事始め) resuming work after the New Year's vacation [Add to Longdo] |
成道会 | [じょうどうえ, joudoue] (n) Bodhi Day; Buddhist holiday on December 8 to celebrate Shakyamuni's enlightenment [Add to Longdo] |
西安事件 | [せいあんじけん, seianjiken] (n) Xi'an Incident (involving the arrest and confinement of Chiang Kai-shek, December 1936) [Add to Longdo] |
大年;大歳 | [おおとし;おおどし, ootoshi ; oodoshi] (n) (1) (arch) (See 大晦日) New Year's Eve; December 31st; (2) (arch) (See 太歳・たいさい・2) Jupiter (planet) [Add to Longdo] |
夕暮れ族 | [ゆうぐれぞく, yuugurezoku] (n) couple with older man and younger woman; May-December romance [Add to Longdo] |