bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
being absorbed in; losing oneself in; losing control of oneself
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
offstage; backstage; behind the scenes
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
general; popular; common; typical
charming; captivating; bewitching; seductive; coquettish
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
collection of waka poems; anthology; songbook
earnestly; immediately; exactly
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
The Life of an Amorous Man by Ihara Saikaku (famous novel from the Edo period)
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
one person; another name; nickname; alias
being (somewhere); sitting
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
setsubun; last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4), day of the bean scattering ceremony; last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)
neighboring villages; neighbouring villages; suburban districts
men and women of all ages
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
generation; lifetime; age
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
village headman (esp. in the Kansai region)
distinction; differentiation; discrimination
before god; before an altar
front shrine; hall of worship
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
no-holds-barred party; free and easy gathering