noun:

• black-headed monitor (Varanus tristis, small species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to Australia); freckled monitor

noun:

• expert; learned person
• doctor; PhD; Dr. - colloquialism ➜ 博士【はくし】
• instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period)
• pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.) ➜ 墨譜

noun:

• black-lacquered headgear (made of silk, cloth or paper) originally worn by court nobles in ancient Japan, and afterwards spreading to the common people

noun:

• (young) man adhering to a masculine version of gyaru fashion (usually marked by hair dyed brown or blond, gaudy clothes and accessories) ➜ ギャル

noun:

• kiss and cry; area in an ice rink where figure skaters wait for their marks to be announced - Sports term

expression / adjective:

• intolerable; unbearable; unendurable
• irresistible; tremendous; out of this world
• cannot help (doing); cannot but do; anxious to do - after te-form of verbs and adj.

noun:

• document; writing; letter; paperwork; note; records; archives
• document addressed to someone in particular (jargon used in paleography) ［もんじょ］

noun / ~する noun:

• reference; bibliographical reference; consultation; browsing (e.g. when selecting a file to upload on a computer); checking out

noun / ~する noun:

• entertaining with food and drink; treating to dinner; wining and dining
• immediately agreeing with someone else; pandering ➜ 迎合【げいごう】

noun:

• natural features; scenery
• things particular to a certain region or season; characteristic scenery and customs; scenes and manners

noun:

• slipping one's hand beneath the opponent's arm and latching on to the underside of his belt - Sumo term

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• stylish; smart; fashionable
• high collar ➜ ハイカラー
• hair dressed in a western style

~する noun:

• to dress in the latest Western fashion

noun / ~する noun:

• pardon; extenuation; excuse ［かしゃく］
• borrowing ［かしゃく］

noun:

• borrowing a kanji with the same pronunciation to write a similar-sounding word

~の noun:

• freshly cut
• freshly tailored

noun:

• tree cut to specified length, especially for corners of a kemari court ➜ 蹴鞠【けまり】

noun:

• (monetary) present to a person in distress; gift of money in token of one's sympathy; solatium

noun:

• error which directly allows a run to score - Baseball term - From English "timely error"

noun:

• shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine - honorific language - Shintō term ➜ 神体

expression:

• there is no love like a father's; no child knows how dear he is to his parents - proverb

noun:

• inner pleat; the raising of fabric up in the middle to marry bottom edges of yukata and kimono

expression:

• I am not going to fall for that trick; that trick won't work on me ➜ その手【そのて】

noun:

• system for showing appreciation to the author of a web-site; virtual applause; web-applause [literal] - sometimes abbr. to 拍手

noun:

• washable chopsticks carried in a case (to be used in place of disposable chopsticks)

noun:

• Muraji (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to seventh highest of eight) - archaism

noun:

• Sixteen Kingdoms (collection of sovereign states in and around China from 304 to 439 CE); Sixteen Kingdoms period

adjective:

• easy to get into (e.g. of music, etc.); easily getting into (a certain mood, etc.)