to think, to deem / 思う: (と〜) to think that / to long for, to yearn for

a female given name

(regional, Mie and Wakayama prefectures) Japanese fluvial sculpin, Cottus pollux / (regional, Shizuoka, Nara, Shimane, Yamaguchi, Tokushima, and Kagoshima prefectures) fourspine sculpin, Cottus kazika

fishing for sweetfish, catching ayu / the type of hook used to catch sweetfish / Japanese fluvial sculpin (Cottus pollux) / fourspine sculpin (Cottus kazika)

just as in the old days, just as it used to be

(archaic, colloquial) a nickname of Ariwara no Narihira, Heian-period waka poet

(archaic) used in the beginning of narratives or story literature: once upon a time, long ago

to come to mind; to occur to

Alternative form of 思いがけない (“unexpected”)

Alternative form of 思いがけない (“unexpected”)