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bleary eyes; drunken eyes

1

tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)

8

to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to

5

spring evening

1

beating time with one's hands; clapping to the beat; making a careless move (in go, shogi, etc.); responding to an opponent's move without proper thought

4

tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling

2

walking; going on foot

1

to parry; to sidestep; to dodge

1

(pleasantly) intoxicated

1

three-stringed guitar

2

Ryūtatsu

2

the four seasons

1

practice; practising; training; study

6

digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else

1

humming a samisen tune; smooth talk; sweet words; cajolery

2

interlude (in traditional Japanese music); chanting or clapping along (during a song or dance); interjection

1

district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district; wide and empty

13

storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu

1

bedroom (esp. one used by a married couple); sleeping quarters; inner room; room at the back of the house

2

to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away

1

to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight

1

still; yet; more; still more; furthermore; in addition

2

open; beginning

2

unlined sash

1

disheveled hair; unravelled hair

2

Japanese box tree (Buxus microphylla var. japonica); Japanese boxwood

3

comb

5

as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

3

bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu

1

shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute

2

something to rely on; aid; someone to rely on; relative; reminder; memento

4

unhappy; sad; miserable; wretched; gloomy; melancholic

2

service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services

4

floating on one's back

1

wretched life; life of misery

1

to clap

3

to approach

1

abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning

9

to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent

5

dagger; dirk

2

powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength; lots of; heaps of; plenty

4

extravagant; absurd

1

wrist

3

careless; thoughtless; rash; rude; at fault

1

to shake off

2

shō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 litres

2

yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer

1

who; what kind of person

1

to throw; to toss; to fling; to abandon (one's work); to give up; to lay aside

1

bare earth (i.e. ground not covered by a roof); open field; outdoors (non-greenhouse cultivation of crops); teahouse garden

2