Nounrainy season

Nounaforementioned (statement); preceding; at right

Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi), Noununhappy; sad; miserable; wretched; gloomy; melancholic; bitter

Nounukiyo-e; ukiyoe; Edo-period woodblock print

Nounbitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship

Adverb (fukushi), Adverb taking the 'to' particle, Suru verbcheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits

Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'relief; embossed carving · bringing to the fore; throwing something into relief

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbmeandering; winding

Nounsobbing

Nounfleeting life; this transient world; floating world · sad world; world of grief and worry · the world of the living; this life; this world; the present world

Nounfloating island (mass of floating aquatic plants) · island that appears to be floating (due to the mirage effect)

Noundrifting cloud; floating cloud · instability

Nounwavering; unsteady · floating hip throw (judo)

Nouncommon freshwater goby (Gymnogobius urotaenia) · floating goby (Gymnogobius petschiliensis) · Gymnogobius opperiens (fish)

Nounrock partially submerged in water; rock partially emerging from the water · pumice stone

Nounpumice stone · loose rock; loose stone · floating group; group without a base

Nounbadminton

Nounfloating boat

NounChinese tallow (as an ingredient in Chinese medicine)

Nounswimming belt; swimming float; life buoy; life jacket · swim bladder; air bladder

Nounrumour (of a love affair); rumor; romance; scandal · bad reputation

Nounfloating on one's back

Nounstanding on the balls of the feet; unsteady step · being unsettled; being restless; being ready to flee · high volatility (in the market); severe fluctuation

Nounfloating weed · greater duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza) · precarious; unstable

Nounflotsam

Nounfish which lives close to the surface

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbillegal loan

Nounsleeping in a ship · sleeping on the surface of the water (of a bird) · restless sleep

Nounswim ring; swimming ring; life buoy; life belt; life preserver; lifesaver

Nounfloating bridge; pontoon bridge

Nounwretched life; life of misery

Noundextrocardia

Nounfloating nest

NounScirpus yagara (species of club-rush)

Nounplastic toy (e.g. fish) suspended in a sealed glass tube filled with fluid; toy for use in the bath

Nounwaterfowl sleeping while floating on water

Nounsoup garnish

Nounfloating tile; unused tile; tile not part of a meld

Nounglass float · ball in flight (soccer)

Godan verb with 'tsu' ending, Intransitive verbto be enlivened; to be exhilarated; to be excited; to be cheered up; to be in high spirits · to stand out; to contrast

Nounukiyo-zōshi; Edo-period genre of literature depicting everyday life of the merchant class

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbups and downs; bobbing up and down; rising and falling; ebbing and flowing

Nounfloating pier

Nounbrocade

Godan verb with 'su' ending, Intransitive verbto surface; to come to the top · to stand out (e.g. against a background)

Ichidan verb, Intransitive verbto rise to the surface; to surface · to stand out (e.g. against a background)

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbotherworldliness; detachment from the real world; lack of worldly sense

Nounukiyo-e artist

Nounscenery being beautiful in both rainy and sunny weather