grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
whistling sound; wheezing sound; sound of the wind; wuthering; howling; soughing
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
to jeer (at); to hoot; to boo; to catcall; to heckle
to drop; to let fall; to omit
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
to allow (someone or something) to come near; to let get close
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
to gasp for air; to pant; to be out of breath
practice; practising; training; study
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
regret; repentance; remorse
rice paddy with a thick layer of mud at the bottom; muddy rice field
whirlpool; maelstrom; vortex; spiral (shape, pattern)
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
being a mystery (due to conflicting testimony); being unknown; (lit.) in a grove
to find (after searching everywhere); to locate; to discover
to take out a boat; to put out a boat
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
freshwater goby (any fish of genus Rhinogobius); dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus); Gymnogobius urotaenia (species of goby); Japanese fluvial sculpin (Cottus pollux)
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
river; stream; River; the ... river
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
vast (ocean, desert, etc.); boundless; vague (e.g. memories); unclear; rampant (weeds, etc.); running wild
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
to surface; to rise to the surface
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
waterfowl; water bird; shorebird
to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way