A newt!

You mean a gecko.

It's a gecko.

In kanji, it's written as 家 (house) 守 (protect).

This thing can't protect houses!

Really now? They don't look like it, but they're sacred creatures.

It seems that most of the houses that geckos lived in were safe when a big earthquake happened in the past.

Reimu! I'm giving you a newt! Here!

Isn't that a gecko?

Go get rid of it.