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to steal; to rob; to take away

1

lack of registration (in the census register); being dropped from one's family registry; buying a geisha or prostitute her contractual freedom

1

opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism

3

to redeem debts (e.g. of a geisha)

1

rivalry in love; rivalry for the heart of a woman; quarrel over something trivial; storm in a teacup; quarrel between two samurai due to an (accidental) clash of sheaths while crossing paths

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Takarai Kikaku (1661-1707)

2

construction; building; newly built ship; new boat; (another's) wife (usu. young); young, unmarried woman; wife of a samurai or wealthy tradesman

1

children's hairstyle of short untied hair; child with short untied hair; young girl working as a servant for a high-class prostitute (Edo period); (arch.) baldness; (arch.) bald head

1

subordinate work; assistant; domestic duties; servant; maid

1

girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)

1

apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal

1

professional jester; professional entertainer; comedian; buffoon

3

geisha; professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets

3

household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband

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Hanshirou

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wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)

1

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

5

bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy

5

finishing up (a job); selling out; buying up

6

past (times); bygone; olden; former

1

extravagant spree; wild merrymaking; living it up

3

all ages to come; all generations; eternity

2

story; topic (on everyone's lips); (the stuff of) legend

1

both; both sides; both parties

1

large front gate

3

senryū; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-mora poem

1

day and night

2

fee paid for the services of a geisha or prostitute

2

one vehicle; one ryō (an old coin)

1

merrymaking (esp. wine and women); pleasures

2

store; shop; restaurant

9

brothel

2

to buy up; to buy everything available; to hire for exclusive use; to reserve; to charter

2

prostitute of the lowest class (Edo period)

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hiring a number of geisha for an entertainment

4

average; mean; balance; equilibrium

1

amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover

1

double; twice (as much); twofold

1

(period of) a year; during the era (of)

2

moon viewing (esp. during the eight month of the lunar calendar)

5

thousands; several thousand

2

sightseer; playboy; loafer; slacker; frequenter of red-light districts

2

to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude

1

fee; charge; rate; material

2

geisha call-office; assignation office for geisha; geisha on call

1

sales clerk (in a merchant house, ranking between the head clerk and an apprentice); shopman; shop assistant

1

young man; youth; lad; servant boy; young shopboy

1

audacious; daring; bold; throaty (voice); rough; deep

1

tsuzumi; hourglass-shaped Japanese hand drum; drum (general term for struck leather percussion instruments)

1

manservant

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