Meanings

tokay gecko (Gekko gecko)

acting shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)

Schlegel's Japanese gecko (Gekko japonicus)

to not be harsh on someone (while awaiting a result)

area of the field one is supposed to (or able to) defend

staunchly conservative area

koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)

higonokami

to hold fast to one's ways

to go on the defensive

absence of the gods from their shrines in October (while they are visiting the Grand Shrine of Izumo)

code

occupation and defence (of land, etc.)

guardian

conservative mainstream (in Japan assoc. with LDP faction of Shigeru Yoshida)

keeping a secret

conservatives

(strict) punctuality

intensive defense practice

fielding position