fleeting life; this transient world; sad world; world of grief and worry; the world of the living; this life
floating island (mass of floating aquatic plants); island that appears to be floating (due to the mirage effect)
ukiyo-e; ukiyoe; Edo-period woodblock print
otherworldliness; detachment from the real world; lack of worldly sense
to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated
rumour (of a love affair); rumor; romance; (arch.) bad reputation
to get a reputation as a philanderer
floating bridge; pontoon bridge
drifting cloud; floating cloud; instability
relief; embossed carving; bringing to the fore; throwing something into relief
swim ring; swimming ring; life buoy; life belt; life preserver; lifesaver
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
swimming belt; swimming float; life buoy; swim bladder; air bladder
driftwood; floating timber
to surface; to come to the top; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
pumice stone; loose rock; loose stone; floating group (in the game of go); group without a base
standing on the balls of the feet; unsteady step; being unsettled; being restless; high volatility (in the market); severe fluctuation
floating weed; greater duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza); precarious; unstable
(Edo-period variety of) realistic literature; popular stories of everyday life in the Edo period
wavering; unsteady; floating hip throw (judo)
to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
sleeping in a ship; sleeping on the surface of the water (of a bird); restless sleep; casually sleeping together (e.g. unmarried couple)
the way of the world; the lay of the land; the inescapable circumstances (of life); (just) the way things are
high relief; grand relief
precarious trade; unstable occupation; itinerant trade
life is but a dream; this too shall pass; everything is transient
waterfowl sleeping while floating on water
bubble float (angling); bobber
plastic toy (e.g. fish) suspended in a sealed glass tube filled with fluid; toy for use in the bath
gaining (in prestige, etc.) from being named in a love rumor
rock partially submerged in water; rock partially emerging from the water; pumice stone
common freshwater goby (Gymnogobius urotaenia); floating goby (Gymnogobius petschiliensis); Gymnogobius opperiens (fish); isaza goby (Gymnogobius isaza)
Asian watermeal (Wolffia globosa)
common duckweed (Lemna minor); lesser duckweed
Scirpus yagara (species of club-rush)
gibbous duckweed (Lemna gibba); swollen duckweed; fat duckweed
floating goby (Gymnogobius petschiliensis)
Gymnogobius opperiens (var. of goby)
Ama no Ukihashi; the heavenly floating bridge by which gods are said to descend from the heavens to the earth