[じゅうにがつ, juunigatsu] (n-adv) December; (P) #16926
[おおみそか, oomisoka] (n-t) New Year's Eve; December 31st; (P) #17040
[うし, ushi] (n) second sign of Chinese zodiac (The Ox, 1am-3am, north-northeast, December) #18429
[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)
[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
[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
[きゅうろう, kyuurou] (n-adv, n-t) last December; end of last year
[ごくげつ, gokugetsu] (n) last month of the year; December
[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
[じょうどうえ, joudoue] (n) Bodhi Day; Buddhist holiday on December 8 to celebrate Shakyamuni's enlightenment
[せいあんじけん, seianjiken] (n) Xi'an Incident (involving the arrest and confinement of Chiang Kai-shek, December 1936)
[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)
[ゆうぐれぞく, yuugurezoku] (n) couple with older man and younger woman; May-December romance