the title of a rakugo shaggy-dog story / Synonym of 千早の歌 (Chihaya no uta): a poem used as an insect repellent

(historical, rare) something old or that has been around for a long time

(idiomatic) to flatter; to butter up / to wag one's tail

a wriggler (mosquito larva)

a wriggler (mosquito larva)

to squander; to ruin

The hiragana syllable く (ku). Its equivalent in katakana is ク (ku). It is the eighth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is か行う段 (ka-gyō u-dan, “row ka, section u”).

消: disappear / 来: come / 繰: repeat

(obsolete) A nominalizing suffix in Old Japanese.

弱: weakness / 寂: entering nirvana