Short for 霞が関 (Kasumigaseki): a district in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo / a female given name / a surname

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

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

grass / a weed / a herb / a scout, a spy (from the way one would hide in the grass to observe enemy troops) / (figuratively, slang, rare) pubic hair

雲を霞: the condition of a vanishment being into thin air

(politics) an election held when the term for a member of the house ends or when the Diet is dissolved; a general election

group of Buddhist monks / Buddhist monk

whoever; anybody