noun:

• water monitor (Varanus salvator, species of carnivorous monitor lizard common from Sri Lanka in the west to the Philippines in the east); common water monitor

noun:

• carry-back; bringing the ball back to one's own position (in rugby) - Sports term
• carryback; carrying over a deduction or credit from a prior year to the current year (to reduce income tax) - Economics term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to draw (water, etc.); to scoop up; to pump up; to dip up
• to draw on (ideas) (from subordinates, the public, etc.); to take into account; to adopt

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to work on someone; to influence; to exert influence on; to seek action from; to appeal to

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to begin to work

expression / noun:

• changing seasons; season's transition; transition from one season to the next; turn of the seasons; turning of the seasons ➜ 移り変わり【うつりかわり】

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to become angry or sullen; to take offense; to be miffed
• to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off; to be taken off

noun:

• sohal surgeonfish (Acanthurus sohal, species of tang found from the Red Sea to the Persian Gulf); Red Sea surgeonfish; sohal tang

noun:

• person or organization (esp. yakuza) in charge of solving problems caused by subordinates - slang
• member of a biker gang driving behind the rest (in charge of keeping the police away from the other members) - slang ➜ 暴走族

noun:

• hanging; something hanging (i.e. a flap, lappet, etc.)
• sauce for dipping, etc. made from soy sauce, mirin, vinegar and dashi - also タレ - usually written using kana alone
• (in kendo) loin guard
• kanji radical enclosing the top-left corner of a character

suffix noun:

• -ass; -head - used after a noun or na-adjective indicating someone's nature; also ったれ - derogatory term

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to save an enemy from trouble instead of taking advantage of their weakness; to show humanity even to one's enemy; to help one's enemy in difficulty - from Uesugi Kenshin sending salt to his enemy, Takeda Shingen, when Takeda's salt supply had been cut off

noun:

• old-fashioned boys' hairstyle
• Meiji period women's hairstyle
• type of dance in kabuki ［揚げ巻・揚巻］
• knots in colour of four cardinal points hanging from the roof above the ring (color) ［揚げ巻・揚巻］ - Sumo term
• constricted tagelus (Sinonovacula constricta); Chinese razor clam - abbreviation ➜ 揚巻貝

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be separated; to be apart; to be distant
• to leave; to go away
• to leave (a job, etc.); to quit; to give up
• to lose connection with; to drift away from

lower nidan verb (archaic) / yodan ~る verb (archaic) / intransitive verb:

• to be separated; to be apart; to be distant - archaism ➜ 離れる
• to leave; to go away - archaism ➜ 離れる
• to leave (a job, etc.); to quit; to give up - archaism ➜ 離れる
• to lose connection with; to drift away from - archaism ➜ 離れる

noun:

• bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts

adverb:

• completely (from the bottom of one's heart); truly

adjectival noun / noun / ~する noun:

• bitter experience; learning from a bad experience; having had enough (of something unpleasant); having had a bellyful; being sick and tired (of something); being fed up

noun:

• hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back
• behind (e.g. someone); rear; back
• appearance from behind ➜ 後ろ姿

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to have the (full, general) selection available; to have (a lineup) from A to Z; to have the full array of

noun:

• individual item (i.e. not part of a set); single article
• single item out of a set; one item from a set

noun / ~する noun:

• photo taken with a mobile phone; taking a photo with a mobile phone - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ 写メール
• email from mobile phones with attached photos - abbreviation ➜ 写メール

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to fan (oneself, flames, etc.)
• to flap (in the wind)
• to instigate; to stir up; to incite; to agitate
• to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something)
• to take a photo from a low angle ➜ 煽り【あおり】
• to tailgate ➜ 煽り【あおり】

noun:

• staying awake on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle (to prevent the three worms from reporting one's wrongdoings and shortening one's lifespan), while worshipping Sakra, the Blue-Faced Vajra, or Sarutahiko ➜ 三尸

noun / suffix noun:

• departure; departing (from ...); departing (at time ...) ➜ 着【ちゃく】
• sending; sent (by ...); sent (at ...)
• engine - abbreviation ➜ 発動機

counter:

• counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.; counter for bullets, bombs, etc.; counter for blows (punches) - also ぱつ

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves)

auxiliary verb / godan ~る verb:

• to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to do with reckless abandon

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind - slang

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to swerve from; to miss (e.g. a target)
• to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to to go astray; to wander

noun:

• striking sparks with flint and steel or by rubbing sticks together (usu. to start a fire); fire lit by sparks from flint and steel, etc. ➜ 鑽る
• Shinto fire-purification ceremony - Shintō term