sweat; perspiration
Formal, literary term for sweat. In modern Japanese, 汗 (あせ) is the standard word.
There is a four-character idiom 流汗淋漓, meaning 'dripping with sweat'.
dripping with sweat; profuse perspiration
Sino-Japanese compound of 流 (flow) and 汗 (sweat). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of flowing sweat.