being absorbed in elegant cultural pursuits
Refers to wholeheartedly enjoying refined arts such as poetry, painting, and calligraphy. Often implies a state of aesthetic immersion.
After retirement, he spends his days absorbed in elegant cultural pursuits.
She longs for a life of refined artistic enjoyment.
風流 alone means elegance or refined taste, while 風流三昧 emphasizes being deeply absorbed in such pursuits.
三昧 is a suffix meaning 'being absorbed in' or 'devoted to'; 風流三昧 specifically applies this to elegant arts.
A yojijukugo combining 風流 (elegance, refined taste) and 三昧 (absorption, devotion). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the phrase conventionally describes deep immersion in traditional aesthetic pursuits.