fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate
to force one's way; to push through
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
breath; sign (of something new and fresh); breath (of spring, fresh air, etc.); vitality
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
river; stream; River; the ... river
small stream; brooklet; murmuring (as of a stream)
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
very; much; greatly; a lot of
canteen; flask; water bottle; thermos
cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)
vein of gold; financial connections; patron; source of money
drop in the bucket; very small quantity; chicken feed; insignificant amount; (lit.) sparrow tears
slump; crash; heavy fall; sudden decline
aquaculture; culture; cultivation; raising
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)
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
teahouse that sells fruit (or serves fruitcake, etc.)
(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection
along; parallel to; in accordance with
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
trivia; snippet of knowledge
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip
crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
Muromachi period (1333-1573)
whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
idleness; lack of application; lazy study habits
reason; cause; circumstances
waterfall; cataract; cascade