竜田川

Etymology
From +.

From the 283rd poem of the :
 * “pattern of scattering autumn leaves”

From the 294th poem of the Kokin Wakashu (also , poem 17):
 * “bleeding”

Proper noun

 * 1) a river in northwestern Nara Prefecture, a tributary of the
 * : the title of a rakugo shaggy dog story

Noun

 * 1) a pattern of scattering autumn leaves in a flowing river
 * 2)  bleeding like a blood-red river flowing
 * 1)  bleeding like a blood-red river flowing