noun:

• Varanus; genus of carnivorous monitor lizards in the family Varanidae

noun:

• straight-from-the-pot udon; udon noodles pulled straight from the pot and served in the hot water used for boiling (traditionally without being soaked in cold water), eaten by dipping in sauce - Food term ➜ うどん

noun:

• spring dust [literal]; frost and snow that's blown like dust in the air by the spring wind

expression:

• you can make friends anywhere; not even in hell is everyone an ogre [literal] - proverb

noun:

• Protectorate General to Pacify the West; Tang-period Chinese office established in Xinjiang in 640 CE ➜ 都護府

noun:

• long sword cloth bag; bag for long swords ➜ 太刀

noun:

• unqualified (incompetent) person; square peg in a round hole - four character idiom

adjectival noun:

• selfish; with disregard for order or rules - archaism
• reckless; rash; careless - archaism
• loose; bawdy - archaism ➜ みだら
• irrational; illogical - archaism

noun:

• old evils; evils committed in a previous existence - Buddhism term

noun:

• loach stew; loaches boiled in soy sauce with stewed eggs and slivered burdock root - Food term ➜ 泥鰌

noun / ~の noun:

• French (made); made in France

noun:

• Canthigaster; genus of pufferfish in the family Tetraodontidae

noun:

• juvenile delinquent under the age of fourteen; minor in trouble with the law

noun:

• shinkansen pear; hybrid nashi developed in Tottori prefecture

noun / ~の noun:

• canalphones; in-ear headphones ➜ 外耳道

noun:

• indigo wax; cylindrical shape made from indigo dye froth, often by boiling the froth with caustic soda, used for coloring paintings, etc.

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to go on waiting only to be disappointed; to wait in vain ➜ 待ちぼうけ

noun:

• garden soil; soil used in a garden

noun:

• monkey booze; sake-like liquid produced by the fermentation of fruits left by monkeys in tree caches or hollows in rocks

expression:

• you can make friends anywhere; (you can make) acquaintances even in hell [literal] - proverb

noun:

• (hot) stove league; trading of players in the off-season - Baseball term

expression / adjective:

• be inextricably involved; be in a sticky situation ➜ 抜き差しならぬ

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to talk around something (exp. derived from having something stuck in your back teeth and thus be unable to speak clearly); to imply something in a roundabout way - idiom

noun:

• Miura map fold; special technique for folding used on some solar panel arrays

noun:

• man only used to receive meals from; man who always pays for food - slang ➜ ミツグ君