descent to earth from heaven / the entity making such a visit: an avatar

Alternative spelling of 天下り: descent to earth from heaven; an avatar; in Japan's postwar period, the practice of awarding a high-level bureaucrat with a high-paying job after retirement (also spelled 天下り): a kind of revolving door syndrome

(obsolete) licorice

Alternative spelling of 天下り: descent to earth from heaven; an avatar; in Japan's postwar period, the practice of awarding a high-level bureaucrat with a high-paying job after retirement (also spelled 天下り): a kind of revolving door syndrome

along the river, riverside

轍: rut, furrow

a wheel furrow, track, or rut

a blend of Japanese and Western elements

riverbank, edge of the river

sweet, sugary, mellow / lacking saltiness / indulgent, soft / careless, lacking, lax / (figuratively) fragrant (of odor), melodious (of sound)