a trumpeter swan

(idiomatic) to complain; to whine

to sweep

a snow goose

(music) syncopated beat, an accented part of a rhythm marked by syncopation

thin, diffuse, sparse / lacking, wanting / improbable

thinness, diffuseness, sparseness / lacking, wanting / improbability; low chance

unannotated Classical Chinese text, as opposed to Classical Chinese text annotated with kunten reading aids to read it as Japanese, or the Japanese reading of a Classical Chinese text

(literary) barren (not producing vegetation); infertile

twilight; dusk; faint light