In Chinese (Traditional / Simplified font):
spider: 蜘蛛 (zhīzhū)
fall, autumn: 秋季 (qiūjì)
broom: 掃把 / 扫把 (sàobǎ)
candy: 糖 (táng) or 糖果 (tángguǒ)
candle: 蠟燭 / 蜡烛 (làzhú)
cemetery: 墳場 / 坟场 (fénchǎng) or 墓園 / 墓园 (mùyuán)
black cat: 黑貓 / 黑猫(hēimāo)
bat: 蝙蝠 (biānfú)
pumpkin: 南瓜 (nánguā)
costume: 服裝 / 服装 (fúzhuāng)
devil: 魔鬼 (móguǐ) or 魔王 (mówáng)
scarecrow: 稻草人 (dàocǎorén)
ghost: 魔鬼 (móguǐ). Chinese don't usually distinguish between devil & ghost.
jack-o'-lantern: 南瓜燈 / 南瓜灯 (nánguādēng). Lit. translation: pumpkin light.
leaf: 葉 / 叶 (yè)
Halloween: 鬼節 / 鬼节 (guǐjié)
to haunt: 嚇人 / 吓人 (xiàrén). To scare someone to death: 嚇死人 / 吓死人 (xiàsǐrén)
to play a trick (on someone): 做鬼 (zuòguǐ)
goblin: 小妖精 (xiǎoyāojīng)
mask: 面具 (miànjù)
mummy: 木乃伊 (mùnǎiyī)
monster: 怪物 (guàiwu) or 妖怪 (yāoguài)
October: 十月 (shíyuè)
witch: 魔女 (mónǚ)
skeleton: 骨骼 (gǔgé) or 屍骨 (shīgǔ) for bones of the dead.
All Saints' Day: 萬聖節 / 万圣节 (wànshèngjié) lit. translation 10,000 Saints Festival
(All Saint's Day) or 萬靈節 / 万灵节 (wànlíngjié) lit. translation: 10,000 Souls
Festival (All Soul's Day).
the thirty-first: 三十一日 (sānshíyīrì) or 三十一號 / 三十一号 ((sānshíyīháo)
vampire: 吸血鬼 (xīxuèguǐ) for blood-sucking ghost or 僵屍 / 僵尸 (jiāngshī) the Chinese
version.
German
spider - die Spinne
fall, autumn - der Herbst
broom - der Besen
candy - die Süßigkeit
candle - die Kerze
cemetery - der Friedhof
black cat - die schwarze Katze
bat - die Fledermaus
pumpkin - der Kürbis
costume - das Kostüm/die Verkleidung
devil - der Teufel
scarecrow - die Vogelscheuche
ghost - der Geist/das Gespenst
jack-o'-lantern - (doesn't exist in German, a description would be: die Kürbislaterne)
leaf - das Blatt
Halloween - das Halloween
to haunt - spuken, umgehen
to play a trick (on someone) - (jemandem) einen Streich spielen
goblin - der Kobold
mask - die Maske
mummy - die Mumie
monster - das Monster/das Ungeheuer
October - der Oktober
witch - die Hexe
skeleton - das Skelett
All Saints' Day - das Allerheiligen
the thirty-first - der Einunddreißigste
vampire - der Vampir
English Russian Japanese
spider
паук
クモ「蜘蛛」
autumn
осень
秋
broom
метла
ほうき「帚/箒」
candy
конфета
お菓子/あめ「飴」
candle
свеча
ろうそく「蝋燭/蠟燭」
cemetery
кладбище
墓地
black cat
черная кошка
黒猫
bat
летучая мышь
コウモリ「蝙蝠」
pumpkin
тыква
カボチャ「南瓜」/パンプキン
costume
костюм
コスチューム
devil
черт/дьявол
悪魔
scarecrow
пугало
かかし「案山子/鹿驚」
ghost
привидение/призрак
幽霊/亡霊
Jack-o'-lantern
Светильник Джека [If the Russian Wikipedia is to be believed; personally I've never heard this term translated into Russian]
ジャックランタン
leaf
лист
葉
Halloween
Хэллоуин
ハロウィーン/ハロウィン
to haunt
преследовать (кого-то) [a person]; обитать (где-то), появляться (где-то) [a place]
出没する
to play a trick (on someone)
разыгрывать (кого-то)
(誰かに)いたずら「悪戯」をする
goblin
гоблин
ゴブリン
mask
маска
仮面
mummy
мумия
ミイラ「木乃伊」
monster
монстр
化け物/モンスター
october
октябрь
10月「十月」
witch
ведьма
魔女
skeleton
скелет
骸骨
All Saints' day
День всех святых [Catholic]; Неделя всех святых [Orthodox; the word "Неделя" in this case doesn't mean "week", it's just the archaic word for "Sunday"]
諸聖人の祝日
the thirty-first
тридцать первое
31日「三十一日」
vampire
вампир
吸血鬼/バンパイア/ヴァンパイア
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