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But it's not as alarming as it sounds: they mean "to make love" in the older sense, of "to flirt or woo", and the expression relates to the practice of a gentlemen sweet talking (or, as the Japanese might say, "talking through the nose") to a lady at her balcony – as in the classic Romeo and Juliet scene.
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