he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

withered tree branch

hint, clue

bestow, impart, award, grant, give / participate in / provide / cause / gift / godsend

涸れる: to dry up / 枯れる: of a plant: to wither; to wilt; to die / 枯れる, 嗄れる: of one's voice: to become husky; to become hoarse

dead, dried leaf

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend

上り, 甲: rising in tone / 仮: temporary, tentative / 借り: debt / 狩り, 猟: hunt / 雁: wild goose; cry of a wild goose

借る: borrow / 刈る: clip, prune, trim / 駆る: drive, impel / 狩る: hunt / 苅る: mow