to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
to wash away; to rinse off
to discharge (e.g. effluent)
to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat
shooting star; falling star; meteor; blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
to spread rumors; to spread rumours
to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean
sidelong glance; flirtatious glance
diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels
dressing in kimono without hakama (for a man); dressing casually
incontinence; soiling oneself; wetting one's pants; discharge (e.g. of contaminants); effluence
stranger; tramp; wanderer
trend of the times; way things are going
sweep of the tide; drift of the tide; tidal current
to be descended from; to be drawn from (the tradition of); to be derived from; to follow the school (tradition) of
cancellation; abandonment
fine white noodles served flowing in a small flume
to blow along (in the wind); to set adrift
to sweat and slave; to toil away
place for showering next to a tub
to get a reputation as a philanderer
streamer; pennant; windsock
to flow down; to run down
free-flowing (hot spring, irrigation, etc.)
ceremony in which paper lanterns are floated down a river
to draw off; to run out; to flush out
to read smoothly; to skim
being carried away by a current; drowning in a river; person who drowned in a river; cancellation; standing up
to drift together; to drift to the shore
forfeiting a pawned item; unredeemed pledge; foreclosure
silvering; silvered item; person who is all style and no substance; poser
to rain heavily; to be raining cats and dogs
floating lanterns or offerings for the spirits of the deceased
to cry tears of joy; to weep for joy
hitting to the opposite field
anyone can make a mistake; even Homer sometimes nods
ground soup; ground seafood, beans, nuts, etc. seasoned and mixed with broth
unredeemed article; forfeited item
flowing into the black market
paper dolls floated downriver on March 3
marbling print; paper marbling
ritual to banish the sleep demon (esp. in Tōhoku)
slanting, one-sided (shed) roof
floating object (e.g. in water); forfeited pawned article
there are exceptions to every rule; (lit.) rocks will flow and leaves will sink
win by discarding nothing but terminal and honor tiles in an otherwise drawn round
Life is an unknown course
everything is preordained
job stream; run stream; input stream
the events of today are destined by the past; even drawing water from the same river reveals a bond from a former life; even chance relationships can be attributed to the working of fate
job stream; run stream; input stream
dye bleeding (in fabric dyeing)
message flow confidentiality
job stream; run stream; input stream
swiftly running river; rapid stream
water seeks its own level
to forfeit a pawned article
sending logs downstream bound together in rafts; floating bound timber downstream; timber rafting
to refuse stubbornly to admit one is wrong
Asian constable (species of butterfly, Dichorragia nesimachus)