noun:

• Varanidae; family of carnivorous monitor lizards whose only extant genus is Varanus

noun:

• Zanclidae; family of perciform fish whose sole member is the moorish idol

noun:

• observatory for astronomy, cloud-watching, etc. - archaism
• astronomical expert - abbreviation - archaism ➜ 霊台郎・天文博士
• place where the soul is located - archaism

noun:

• downstage left (in noh), where the secondary actor is often seated ➜ 脇【わき】

noun:

• deferred pensioner; retired person who is not yet old enough to receive their pension

expression:

• the line between good and evil is no wider than a razor's edge - proverb

noun:

• Islamic State (of Iraq and the Levant); Daesh; IS; ISIL
• information separator; delimiter - IT term

noun:

• type of sōmen made without added oil; specialty of Miyagi prefecture, usu. eaten in broth, esp. warm in winter - Food term ➜ 素麺【そうめん】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to take a solid stance
• to put one's back in it; to exert oneself ➜ 本腰を入れる

noun:

• martial arts which involve fighting without weapons; combat sport; one-on-one fighting sport

noun:

• martial arts which involve fighting without weapons; combat sport; one-on-one fighting sport - abbreviation ➜ 格闘技

noun / ~の noun:

• walk-in; person who walks into a hotel, etc. without a reservation

noun:

• walk-in closet - abbreviation ➜ ウオークインクロゼット

expression:

• as usual; as is one's habit

expression:

• not necessarily so; is not always true

expression:

• Honesty is the best policy; Honesty pays - idiom

noun:

• pompon; pompons; bobbles
• tummy; tumtum - children's language

adverb / ~と adverb:

• bang-bang; pop-pop; tap-tap - onomatopoeia
• without reservation; unreservedly; snappishly; outspokenly

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to make oneself popular without any regard to others; to take all the credit to oneself

expression / ~の noun:

• distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; special to

expression:

• but; except; without; but for - usu. accompanied by a verb in negative form

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to lurk on a forum; to read a forum without posting messages - from ロム: Read-Only Member - slang ➜ ＲＯＭ【ロム】

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to leave as is; to ignore

expression:

• no news is good news - proverb

expression:

• which is which; one or the other

expression / noun:

• one's just deserts; one's just desserts; one's just reward; what one deserves; come uppance

noun:

• no-manjū; Okinawan sweet manjū with hiragana "no" written on it

expression:

• only the results matter; it's all about the results - proverb