Vocabulary

dried sardines (held together by a bamboo skewer or string piercing the eye sockets)

one who can see; educated or sensible person

hired thief taker (Edo period); private detective; private secret policeman

teleology

bargain; find

eye discharge; eye mucus; sleep

openwork bamboo basket

audience (with a person of high standing)

glancing through

signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking

rivet on a sword hilt

connivance; overlooking

sealing or plastering up

clogging up

error in judgment; error in judgement

bleary-eyed person

pittance

quick-wittedness; having tact; being sensible

(set of) facial features; looks

sand, ash, etc., thrown in the eyes to blind someone; throwing something at someone's eyes to blind them

eyelid margin; edge of an eyelid

eye discharge; eye mucus; sleep

signal; look

openwork bamboo basket

in the fog

fog signal

dispersing; vanishing

(written) challenge

way of escape

excuse; evasion; dodge; subterfuge; evasive answer

preparing to flee

road mirage; water mirage

fleeing in all directions; (in Japanese history, a reference to) farmers who abandoned their fields and fled to the cities or other districts to evade onerous taxes

sex play

hairstyle of Meiji and Taisho era, featuring a bun resembling a halved peach

earthly paradise; Shangri-la

right to a view

rash person; tomboy

rebounding

springboard; diving board