the Tigris (a river in Asia)

blue / green

green

picking and choosing as one pleases

Alternative spelling of 燦々

brilliant, bright

Alternative spelling of 燦々

Alternative spelling of 燦々

Retire, dismiss or relieve someone, usually senior, of duty or employment. / Dispose something old and no longer useful. / Get rid of someone or something.

(Chūgoku, Shikoku, Kyūshū) because, since, so: presents the preceding clause as the reason for the following clause