(n) floating lanterns or offerings for the spirits of the deceased
(n) style of calligraphy
(v5s,vt) to wash away
(n) mutual exchange
(P)
(n) contest between different schools (of fencing, etc.)
(n) identifying (oneself) with the middle class
(n) middle class
(n) sweep of the tide
drift of the tide
tidal current
(n) direct-current circuit
(n) foreclosure
(n) manifestation (revelation) of one's natural sincerity (naivete)
(n) ceremony in which paper lanterns are floated down a river
(n) a brain drain
(v5s,vt) to read smoothly
to skim
(n) outflow of refugees
(n) secondary current
(n) the Japan current
(n) input
incoming current
(n,adj-no) semiliquid
(n) anti-mainstream faction
fringe group
dissident group
(n) boat people
(exp) the principle of fluidity and immutability in haiku
Haiku is both "fluid and transitory" and "eternal and immutable."
An interchange between the transient and the immutable is central to the soul of haiku. (Basho)
(n,vs) misappropriation (of funds, etc.)
(n) elegant appreciation of nature through artistic pursuits such as poetry, painting and calligraphy
(n) taking delight in elegant pursuits
being absorbed in such elegant cultural pursuits as poetry, painting and calligraphy
(n) physical distribution
(n) sale of goods (as opposed to services)
(n) cultural exchange
(v5s,vt) to ignore
(n) displacement current