noun:

• Chamaeleon (constellation); the Chameleon - Astronomy term

noun / ~する noun:

• turning things around with a home run; turning the tables with a single successful attack (move) - four character idiom

noun:

• Disposition of Ryukyu; forced assimilation of Okinawa into Japan, ending its tributary relations with China and abolishing the Ryukyu Kingdom (1872-1879)

noun / ~する noun:

• searching examination; establishing the facts through thorough examination

noun:

• lattice; vertical pattern on a shoji

noun:

• ballast; crushed stone, gravel, etc. used on a roadbed or railway track - abbreviation ➜ バラスト

noun:

• toilet god; guardian deity of the privy

noun:

• Seven Bridge; Japanese card game where the '7' card is special

noun:

• polished gyaru; girl or young woman adhering to a toned down version of the gyaru fashion trend - colloquialism ➜ ギャル

noun:

• Capricorn (10th zodiacal sign); the Goat

noun:

• readers' column; letters to the editor section

noun:

• Cygnus (constellation); the Swan - Astronomy term

noun:

• one's course of action; deciding what to do with oneself, whether staying in the present position or leaving it - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be born (of a baby); to come into the world

noun:

• initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages
• initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor

ichidan verb:

• to impose (printing); to lay out the page order
• to assemble (e.g. components)

noun / ~する noun:

• tattling; telling on (someone) ➜ 密告

godan ~る verb:

• to do one good; to be beneficial; to be good for the body; to be helpful
• to stand in someone else's shoes ［身になる］
• to care deeply for someone ［身になる］ - archaism

noun:

• Moirai; the Fates - From Greek

noun:

• irregular conjugation (inflection, declension) of s-stem verbs; conjugation of the verb "suru" - abbreviation ➜ サ行変格活用

expression:

• first come, first served; the early bird catches the worm

noun:

• Nebrius; genus of a single species of nurse shark in the family Ginglymostomatidae

noun:

• ISIL; Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ➜ イスラム国

noun:

• airmail; air mail

noun:

• everywhere; all over the place ➜ そこら中