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EXPLORING
I A PAN ESE
LITERATURE
ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations are used.
abbr. abbreviation
lit. literally
usu. usually
SYMBOL
is used after definitions of words that recur on the same page. The icon means
that the word is listed and defined only once on that page.
SPEECH LABELS
The following labels give more information on the level of use, or register, of
the expression being defined, or clarify the word’s restrictions.
affectionate expresses the speaker’s feeling of fondness for the denoted per-
son or thing.
ARCHAIC no longer in ordinary use today; used to evoke a certain style, tone or
atmosphere.
blunt (of a command) direct, almost rude.
BRUSQUE gruff, crude sounding.
emphatic communicates the speaker’s strong belief.
FAMILIAR used only among intimates.
FEMININE used primarily by women.
HONORIFIC expresses respect for the person to or about whom one is speaking
or writing, or for something connected to him or her.
HUMBLE deprecates the speaker or writer, or something close to him or her,
while elevating the status of his or her interlocutor.
MASCULINE used primarily by men.
MIMETIC imitates a psychological state or an action.
ONOMATOPOEIC imitates a sound.
polite graceful sounding; expresses respect for the person to whom one is
speaking or writing.
RARE USAGE uncommon, if not obsolete.
TREATMENT OF VERBS
In the dictionary, verbs are generally given in their dictionary form. If the verb
appears in the passive, causative, causative-passive, potential or volitional form
in the story, a note to that effect (e.g., “[passive form in text]”) is supplied. The
following chart provides a handy reference guide to the various alarming trans-
mutations of Japanese verbs that appear in this book. Irregularities are in bold.
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NOTE: I'he “spontaneous form” mentioned frequently in this book follows the same pattern of
conjugation as the passive form, but not all verbs have such a form. The verbs that most often appear
in the spontaneous form (at least in the stories presented in this collection) arc d (“think”) and ®
t Z> (“feel”). The meaning is that the action—thinking or feeling, for example—happens naturally
or automatically, irrespective of the subject’s will. ЙС and йх. £ are the usual spontaneous
forms of 1Я1 < (“listen”) and Й-5 (“see”), respectively, though ЦЦтМтй and ЙЛН-6 are also possible.
EXPLORING JAPANESE LITERATURE
EXP LOR I NG
JAPAN ESE
LITERATURE
Read Mishima,
Tanizaki and Kawabata
in the Original
GILES MURRAY
Kodansha International
Tokyo • New York • London
The original titles of the stories are, in the order in which they appear in this
book, “Yukigunisho” (1972), “Yukoku” (1961) and “Himitsu” (1911).
Permission to reprint the original Japanese texts arranged by The Sakai
Agency, Inc., and Chuo Koron Shinsha (for “Himitsu” only).
New translation of “Yukigunisho,” first published in English as “Gleanings
from Snow Country” in Palm-of-the-Hand Stories by Yasunari Kawabata,
translated by Lane Dunlop and J. Martin Holman (translation copyright ©
1988 by Lane Dunlop and J. Martin Holman), published by permission of
North Point Press, a division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, LLC.
New translation of “Yukoku” by Yukio Mishima, first published in English
as “Patriotism” in Death in Midsummer and Other Stories (New Directions
Publishing Corporation, 1966), translated by Geoffrey W. Sargent, published
by permission of New Directions Publishing Corporation.
Map on back endpapers published by permission of Chouga Co., Ltd.
Jacket art by Tetsuji Kiwaki.
Distributed in the United States by Kodansha America, Inc., and in the
United Kingdom and continental Europe by Kodansha Europe Ltd.
Published by Kodansha International Ltd., 17-14 Otowa 1-chome, Bunkyo-
ku, Tokyo 112-8652, and Kodansha America, Inc.
“Yukigunisho” (Snow Country Miniature) copyright © 1972 by Masako
Kawabata.
“Yukoku” (Patriotism) copyright © 1961 by lichiro Mishima.
“Himitsu” (The Secret) copyright © 1911 by Emiko Kanze.
English text and book concept copyright © 2007 by Giles Murray.
Illustration copyright © 2007 by Tetsuji Kiwaki.
All rights reserved. Printed in Japan.
First edition, 2007
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Exploring Japanese literature : read Mishima, Tanizaki and Kawabata in the
original / Giles Murray.
p. cm.
Bilingual, parallel-text ed. of three short stories.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN-13: 978-4-7700-3041-2
1. Japanese fiction—20th century—Translations into English. I. Murray,
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CONTENTS
Preface 6
YASUNARI KAWABATA is
Utility Snow Country Miniature 16
YUKIO MISHIMA 85
8 HI Patriotism 88
JUN’ICH I RO TANIZAKI 227
The Secret 230
Works Cited 352
PREFACE
OVERALL AIM
This book is designed to help you navigate your own way through a
selection of short stories by three of Japans greatest writers: Yasunari
Kawabata, winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize for Literature; three-time
Nobel nominee Yukio Mishima; and Jun’ichird Tanizaki, suppos-
edly robbed of the award only by his ill-timed death. The stories arc
presented here unabridged, and 1 have tried to select classic works
typical of the respective writers. Were you to encounter these stories
first in translation, they would all make you long to read them in
the original. Exploring Japanese Literature is designed to help make
that wish come true.
THE THREE STORIES
The stories in Exploring Japanese Literature are arranged in a very
rough order of linguistic difficulty, but this book is not designed as a
graded series of texts. You should not feel duty-bound to start at one
end and slog your way through to the other. With literature of this
level, measuring difficulty objectively is next to impossible; far better
to let taste be your guide. None of the stories arc easy, but whichever of
them you most want to read is the one that will be easiest for you.
The first story in the collection, “Snow Country Miniature,” is
one of Kawabata’s palm-of-the-hand stories. It is placed first in the
book because it is shorter in length and—superficially at least—less
linguistically demanding than the two stories that follow it: its com-
ponent sentences are relatively short, there is plenty of dialogue, and
the kanji characters are relatively simple. “Some books are to be tasted,
others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested,”
observed the philosopher Francis Bacon, and Kawabata definitely falls
into the last category. The very spareness of his prose endows each
individual word with greater weight and significance. Translating
Kawabata’s Japanese into English is only the first step; coming up
with your own interpretation of what is really going on is probably
the greater challenge.
Mishima’s “Patriotism,” the longest of the three stories, is con-
ceived as the centerpiece of the whole book. Its opening two para-
graphs are written in the formal style of an epitaph, but do not be
misled into thinking the entire story is in the same rather archaic
and impenetrable style. Ultimately, “Patriotism” is a straightforwardly
linear account of a couple’s lovemaking followed by their bloody self-
inflicted deaths. The individual sentences are long and somewhat
involved in structure, but the story itself has a compelling and hyp-
notic momentum that will trigger a psychochemical reaction in your
brain, enabling you to move “into the zone” and read far beyond
your natural powers, paralleling the elation of the protagonists that
overcomes their fear of death.
Tanizaki’s “The Secret” is the oldest work in the collection by a
half century or so and undoubtedly features the greatest number of
hard-to-decipher kanji words. In addition to place names trom old
Tokyo, “The Secret” features the detailed descriptions of beautiful
objects—everything from fine fabrics to religious paintings—so typi-
cal of decadent fin-de-siecle literature. As if that were not challenge
enough, the love letters (which take up only four pages in this edition)
exchanged by the two central characters are written in ultra-polite
classical Japanese. Should you start to feel out of your depth, do not
be ashamed to make use of the dictionary and translation provided;
that, after all, is what they are there for. Rather than squander your
strength grappling heroically with obscure terms you are unlikely
to ever encounter again, be pragmatic and conserve your energy for
the relatively straightforward narrative passages where you stand a
fighting chance.
ACCESSIBLE LAYOUT
Reading Japanese literature in the original can be a slow, frustrating
business. Exploring Japanese Literature is designed to serve as your
private tutor, tactfully stepping in to boost both your performance
and your morale by minimizing frustration and maximizing enjoy-
ment. Ruducing the time you spend hunting down the meanings
of individual words will give you the opportunity to appreciate the
stories as complete works of art, rather than as thickets of semantic
puzzles. The page layout has been designed for maximum readability
and ease of use: the Japanese text is in large print with generous line
spacing, and the paragraphs are numbered to help you locate words
in the dictionary, which lists almost every single kanji as it occurs.
Every double-page spread is thus a wholly self-contained unit, or
“closed loop,” with everything you need to create your own English
version of the text from the “raw materials” of vocabulary to the
“semifinished” translation on the right-hand page.
JAPANESE ORIGINAL
The Japanese texts are based on the Shinchosha Bunko editions of
Mishima’s Hanazakari no mori • Yiikoku and Tanizaki’s Irezumi • Hi-
mitsu. Kawabata’s “Snow Country Miniature” is based on Rinddsha’s
Chushakuiko “Yukigunishd • Sumiyoshi” rensaku. With Tanizaki and
Kawabata, old-fashioned kanji characters were replaced by their sim-
plified modern equivalents, and classical kana (only in Kawabata)
were converted to their modern forms. With all three authors, we have
added hiragana superscript to difficult words that even Japanese people
would find puzzling and, conversely, to some simple words that you
would probably have no trouble recognizing were they not in kanji.
FAITHFUL ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS
rhe primary aim of the English translations in this book is to help
you figure out what the Japanese actually means. In cases where there
was a conflict between style and fidelity to the original, then, nine
times out of ten fidelity won the day. Although the translations may
be a little on the literal side, they do nonetheless reflect the style of
the Japanese originals. Kawabata is thus rendered into short sentences
with simple, transparent language and haunting rhythms. Contrast-
ingly, the English versions of Mishima and Tanizaki retain the long,
elaborate sentences festooned with rich, baroque vocabulary that
characterize the Japanese.
CUSTOM DICTIONARY
The dictionary running underneath the stories includes almost every
kanji word as well as the more difficult hiragana words. If the same
word appears more than once on the same page, it is listed only on
its first appearance but marked with a ® icon to alert you to the fact
that it will recur.
What the dictionary does not include are basic particles like wa and
no, ko-so-a-do demonstratives, the auxiliaries -so (as in sema-sd, “looks
narrow”) and -yd (as in okashii-yo, “seems funny”), and the copula da
(including desu, dearu and variants like dearo). It assumes knowledge
of simple hiragana adverbs like mada and mo that students learn at
beginner level, and omits some phrasal conjunctions such as soko de
(“whereupon”) and soshite (“then”) that can be understood from their
constituent parts. It dispenses, too, with the basic expressions for giv-
ing and receiving, -te ageru, -te kureru and -te tnorau, as well as other
elementary-level words and phrases, such as -nagara (“while”).
The definitions provided fit the usage in the stories and are not
comprehensive definitions for the word in all possible contexts. Direct
English equivalents rather than academic explanations have been
given. As the number of words defined per page is generally on the
high side, definitions have been kept short to save space. At the same
time, when a long explanation is necessary—to explain the nuances
of particle usage, say, or the background to some historical person-
age—then a long explanation is duly provided.
A guide to the dictionary, including abbreviations used therein and
explanations of speech labels, is given on the front endpapers, while
a map of the Asakusa area of Meiji-period Tokyo (described in “The
Secret”) appears at the back of the book for ease of reference.
EXTRA FEATURES
Exploring Japanese Literature includes a number of extra features
designed to enrich your experience, taking it beyond mechanical trans-
lation and into the realm of literary appreciation. Mini-biographies
place the three authors in the context of their times, provide an over-
view of their literary output, and sketch in the interplay between
their lives and their works. Mini-prefaces position the individual
stories in the context of the authors’ overall oeuvre and offer helpful
last-minute orientation. By appealing directly to the imagination, the
illustrations stimulate you to engage with and understand the stories
through empathy and intuition, rather than through reason alone.
My previous book, Breaking into Japanese Literattire, offered audio
files of the stories it contained over the Internet. This was possi-
ble only because the copyright for Akutagawa and Soseki, the two
authors it featured, had expired. As the three authors in this collection
remain under copyright, regrettably audio was not an option this time
around. What wc have done instead is to establish GroupThink, a
translation forum hosted on the website www.speaking-japanese.com.
GroupThink gives readers a chance to critique the translations in this
book, propose new translations and interpretations of their own, ask
questions and exchange reading tips. When translating books profes-
sionally, I always make a point of soliciting second opinions. I am
quite happy to acknowledge that it is difficult for any single person
to hit upon the perfect word or the most suitable idiomatic expres-
sion all of the time. Translation may thus be one of the few human
activities that actually benefits from being performed by committee,
so I am looking forward to seeing what sort of alternative versions
of the three texts our online symposium will come up with.
THANK YOU
This project would never have got off the ground had literary agent
Tatemi Sakai not been kind enough to grant us permission to use
these three stories. Once work got underway, Naoko Ito was, as always,
the source of much helpful advice. Kazuhiko Miki created the book’s
elegant and functional page design—a crucial, if easy to overlook, part
of the user experience—while Tetsuji Kiwaki provided the evocative
illustrations for the cover and individual stories. Kay Yokota read
through my original translations, pointing out errors and omissions,
and proposing numerous improvements. Yoshiko Shimizu and Keith
Learmonth proofread the book. Junko Uenishi’s redesign brought the
www.speaking-japanese.com website into the twenty-first century.
Last, but by no means least, I owe an enormous debt of gratitude to
my editor, Michael Staley, who took charge of everything from secur-
ing the initial permissions to seeing the book through the press.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Exploring Japanese Literature synthesizes information from a variety
of sources. For the mini-biographies I am indebted to the works of
Van C. Gessel, Charles Cabell, Dennis Washburn, Phyllis I. Lyons,
Henry Scott Stokes, Christopher Ross and John Nathan. The pre-
existing translations of the three stories to which I referred were by
J. Martin Holman (Kawabata), Geoffrey W. Sargent (Mishima) and
Anthony Chambers (Tanizaki). Further details are provided in the
bibliography at the end of the book.
YASUNARI KAWABATA
(1899-1972)
Yasunari Kawabata was born in Osaka to a family that was far from
wealthy despite its aristocratic origins. His childhood was a litany of
loss: his father, a frail and scholarly doctor, died when he was two,
his mother when he was three. Going to live with his grandparents
near Osaka, he soon lost his grandmother and his sister and was left
alone with his blind grandfather.
A delicate boy who often missed school, Kawabata preferred to bury
himself in the Japanese classics rather than to play with his peers.
Despite a conviction that he, too, was destined for an early death,
he resolved to become a writer in his early teens. Gessel (1993, 144)
describes him as “determined to be a success, if only to restore to the
family some of the dignity and property lost in his grandfather’s day.”
When his grandfather eventually died in 1914, the teenage Kawabata
was left with no close family.
Kawabata moved to Tokyo in 1917 to attend high school, then, in
1920, enrolled in the English Literature Department of Tokyo Imperial
University. There he helped resurrect Shinshichd, the literary magazine
in which Tanizaki had made his debut a decade earlier. Kawabata was
to be actively involved with literary magazines throughout his life.
He also sat on the first-ever jury for the Akutagawa Prize in 1935
and helped launch the careers of many writers, including the young
Yukio Mishima.
Kawabata’s own career started to take off in the mid-1920s. A 1925
account of his grandfather’s last days was followed the next year by
The Izu Dancer, the story of an unconsummated love affair between
a high school student and a young dancing girl. Perennially popular,
it established what was to be a recurring theme in Kawabata’s oeu-
vre: “the discovery of a younger, impoverished, virginal girl by an
urban, well-educated male” (Cabell 2001, 153). Kawabata also wrote
the screenplay for A Page of Madness, a film set in a lunatic asylum,
produced a number of prose vignettes called “palm-of-the-hand”
stories, and serialized The Scarlet Gang ol Asakusa, a collage-style
portrait of life in the dancehalls and cafes of Tokyo’s entertainment
district.
In 1934, Kawabata began work on Snow Country. The story of
the hopeless relationship between a wealthy Tokyoite and a geisha
at a hot-spring town in the mountains of Niigata, it was published
first in 1937, then in a revised version in 1948. Kawabata’s method
of producing his novels was unconventional. He would never write
a book straight through; instead he would write a section, publish
it, then add more when inspiration visited, only declaring it finished
when he felt the work had finally achieved its proper form.
Kawabata’s work is sometimes described as “expressing the essence
of the Japanese mind” (Osterling 1968), his oblique and fragmented
mode of storytelling seen as more akin to haiku poetry than conven-
tional prose narrative. One must, however, be careful about sentimen-
talizing him into no more than the frail and nostalgic exponent of
traditional Japanese beauty. A pioneer of the Neo-Perceptionist school
in the 1920s, Kawabata consciously tried to import the techniques of
European modernism into Japanese literature, while spare dialogue,
an almost total absence of exposition, and sudden shifts in time and
place owe much to the techniques of the cinema.
During the war, Kawabata was called on to perform various duties
by the militarist government: editing the writings of soldiers about
to go into battle, touring Japan’s conquests in China—even spend-
ing April 1945 in Kagoshima with the kamikaze corps. It has been
suggested that Seidensticker’s portrayal (1973, vii) of Kawabata as a
man who would “have nothing of jingoistic wartime hysteria” may
be more wishful thinking than fact.
As Japan crashed to humiliating defeat, Kawabata set up a publish-
ing company to reissue prewar literary masterpieces and publish a
magazine to showcase new writing talent. The early 1950s saw Kawa-
bata himself publish The Master of Go, Thousand Cranes and The
Sound of the Mountain. True to his famous remark that “after the
war he could write nothing but elegies,” these uniformly pessimistic
masterpieces deal with death, deceit and the decline of tradition. Later
works from the 1960s such as “The House of the Sleeping Beauties”
address the emotional isolation and physical impotence that afflict
men in old age.
Kawabata’s works started to be translated in the mid-1950s and his
reputation—bolstered also by his tireless efforts as an ambassador
for Japanese literature—spread overseas. International recognition
culminated in the award of the Nobel Prize for Literature in October
1968, but Kawabata’s health was in decline, and the 1970 suicide of
his рго^ё, Mishima, had hit him hard. In the evening of April 16,
1972, Kawabata went to his writing room in Kamakura and gassed
himself to death.
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Snow Country
Miniature
Through a Glass Darkly
awabata's works are frequently described as disjointed, diffuse or
lacking in finality, and his characteristic opacity is only exagger-
ated by the brevity of his 146 tanogokoro no shosetsu, or “palm-of~
the-hand stories,” of which this is one. Completed only months before
his death, “Snow Country Miniature” is a distillation of Snow Country,
the novel Kawabata's translator Edward G. Seidensticker regarded as “his
masterpiece” (1957, x). The story may have been inspired by Kawabata’s
experience of being jilted by a girl from Niigata, the "snow country” of
the title, in his early twenties.
In this compressed version we meet (if not always by name) the key
characters from the full-length novel: Shimamura, the feckless dilettante
from Tokyo; Komako, his geisha lover; and Yoko, the mysterious girl whose
death in a fire serves as the conclusion of the original work.
Kawabata prefers implication to explanation, leaving it up to the reader
to catch the inferences of each brief, inconclusive episode and retro-
assemble them into an interpretation of events. Look out for unannounced
chronological leaps; be aware that the characters may often be talking
at cross-purposes; and notice how nature, in mirroring the emotions of
the protagonists, fulfills a role akin to the chorus in Greek tragedy.
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fectures)
long
tunnel
Sctt-S pass through
Ж Й [ 1Ф § СИ] snow country (in Niigata
Prefecture)
f£ [X Z>] night
Й5; ]-£ 11] bottom, bed
ЙИ ]L6V'] white
Ж 7/ /Vr [UA.CT-7L.J:] signal box
?чШ Lv] steam locomotive
1E Z> [ t i й] stop
[»] ffl 11? Cl ? opposite side
seat
Ш [&ТЙ] girl (NOTE: This is Yoko.) @
[Z:o] stand up
— [ — <<£] indicates movement
toward the narrator ®
№ Shimamura (surname) ®
— OKU [~О J X-] in front of
^7 7 5^® [/'7/ i t"] (glass) window
iW’E [& <k "H lower, push down
Ж 1Ф £] snow ®
[Hv> ^ ] cold air
(jfc H 'T ts' [ & Z^iTi Cl t>] flow in
window
V» "9 ii°V' (C fully, completely
I) Ж'Е b Zfi“] lean out
[ Ь it < ] far away
[ 5 Itshout
They emerged from the long border tunnel into the snow coun-
try. The night was carpeted with white. The train halted at a
signal box.
Rising from the scat across the aisle, a young girl came over
and opened the window in front of Shimamura. The snow-chilled
air flooded in. The girl leaned far out of the window and shouted
as though to someone far away:
“Stationmaster! Stationmaster!”
The man who came tramping slowly over through the snow
held a lantern. He was wrapped in a scarf to the bridge of his
nose and the fur flaps of his hat hung down over his ears.
So cold already, thought Shimamura. He gazed out at the
sheds—probably housing for railroad workers—that straggled
desolately across the lower slopes of the mountain. The white of
the snow was swallowed up in darkness before it reached them.
Ж $ [ $ b $ 1 coldness
Я* [-?• t] outside
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[Tot’')] railroad
n [MU'] housing for civil servants
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£ i"-?-] foot of a mountain
[5 bleakly
HjCblS/b [t> ti'<6] become scattered
about
ЛКМ 5 3b [x. i -5 5 Mr.
Stationmaster (drawing out the last syl-
lable) ®
ВД 9 light
-S [ЯГ£] carry
&Ф о < 0 slowly
Kh tr [-W] tramp
lJi [Jo t C.] man
scarf
W- [l±£] nose
— 0 1‘. "C [~<Z) d x. i T] to the top of
id.tr [ootr] wrap up (in)
[Л-Л.] ear
ffl-F [I J 9 LI hat
TJ>c [1Тт55'к>] fur
ИН-Ь [ЛгН-6] allow to hang
fe [vjX>] color
-? 'C to that point
t? [C = V'1 5 "b t ’ before
reaching
Й KJ&] darkness
[Otr] [passive form in text] swallow up
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~ HU [— i x. ] before
Cl i. event, matter, fact ©
й^Н" [ L i t? io] Shimamura
1®тГ [ZrH<-o£§'iUi] to
relieve boredom
£2.^ [EZZz 0 T] left hand
AUHn [Oi ё ЬФЕЛ] index finger
V ' 7> V ' 7> (f in various ways
[d f'Z»‘T] move
[^Zn^^] gaze at, look at
Si Mi [lt-э # j; <] ultimately
Jh [ Ф ЕЛ] finger ®
Z.ft'fr'b hereafter, later
л?v4Cfj‘C [$>i4zv'< ] go to meet
[JoA&] woman ®
& S i£ L *( vividly, freshly
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{i -d 1) clearly ©
[jo^V'Zfi"] [volitionalform in
text] recall
" ('?) ? <h try to ~
fret, be impatient
!tf-’-'{'it if the more (one does some-
thing) the more ...
:Zp<Za if (2 7) & V' difficult to pin down
[ЗГ^311 zb go dim, become blurred
— T l#> <( indicates an increase in ten-
dency
ВИ1Ж [ В 4o < ] memory
Ж A $ [Zz <k 0 & £ ] unreliability
~0 d A If amidst
ЙЙЖ [L t ой‘А] feel, touch
^^1 [v>£ &] even now
[гйиГЫЬ] get wet, get moist
It had been three hours earlier that, in a fit of boredom, Shi-
mamura had been watching the index finger of his left hand
as he waggled it around. In the end, only this finger retained a
vivid memory of the woman he was about to see. The harder he
tried to form a clear picture of her, the more elusive and hazy she
became in his inconstant memory. It struck him as extraordinary
that this one finger, seemingly moist even now from her touch,
should be thus drawing him to her from afar, and he brought
it up to his nose to take a sniff of it. When he absentmindedly
traced a line with the same finger on the fogged-up glass of the
window, one of the woman’s eyes suddenly loomed at him. In
his surprise he almost cried out. But he had been daydreaming,
and when he got a grip on himself he realized it was no more
than the reflection of the girl in the seat across the aisle.
fl [Е-ЛС/С] oneself, himself
<, [ t < ] far away ®
draw, pull
T® Ж1’d L I- £ t> 9 ] think it
amazing
& [!±Ц'Jit] put to one’s
nose
[{zjjV'] odor
I'ft С smell
to see what it is like ®
Ль mimetic suddenly, without thought
if 7 [J ^ify X] windowpane
Ж £ ill's £> < ] draw a line
) i'llR [/>*/:*')] one eye (of two)
?? $ ili [ ') § "С <?>] float up, stand out
1Й he @
.H* [ts < ] be surprised
let out aery
— (C & & almost ~
L i)y L however
T* [! -E 7>] heart, mind
-b send
< [ £ 7^-0 < ] get one’s wits
together
& А/T? & & V' nothing
lnj||ll] opposite
side
ЖЖ* [<?-£&] seat
'rj -6 [ -) о i> ] be reflected
Httziw* V L, i'vlWHAW I)
itnt't, xf-A©iw
^/Ат^й-1) zfcs^CiSH'CV'&^e, ffit4S< it
eo^ti^^'-oZL-wzfo/co
4йоЙ1:1±^>&й5ЖПТ1'Т, oi Ut?t
№ЙО—Ж^ЬГОД d ^Ю< oZf-oZio <АЙЛ>
hWfttliAAOAAh <9 i*V'©/’oZ_’„ Lrt4A&l±
ЖЖ1±-Й!Г6&йьПТ\ -е-ои-эй^й
1|£0тг©й&иШШЯнО'& «it:
4£<7>®oAA£A(:Ehli011 LArt’t йоАВ$1Ш, Й
ft(±&A t М'ЛЛЦ L$UWsilifcli h'A'o Ao
ЭД- [-ft] outside
[ИР 9 -^A] twilight
4э 0 ?> come down
'АШ [^ L 4=] steam locomotive
Ф [&й‘] inside, interior
’) [гМф] light
^> "s come on (of lights)
§?. if 7 X [ J if if 7 x ] windowpane
$Й [jMj&] mirror ®
X 'f'^- A steam heater
inn.A [Ai< A] warmth
if 7 glass
$* <? if* *9 completely
ЖЖЖ [tV’Ci 9 ^] steam, vapor
UlifH'b [УаН<2>] gel wet
1н [ьФ1>] finger
•fit <C [Лл < ] wipe
JfS [-f ] bottom, lower part
[v$9lfL&] evening landscape
Afi-?) [fr/nft-b] flow
i) that is to say, in effect
-f- >6 [ 9 о ] be reflected
i> О thing
'J-T [ 9 oT] reflect, mirror
R&lW [хЛ'й*] film
—L [13 t ф 9 9 о L] double expo-
I®) 'C [ 9 C < ] move
[t 9 li «t 9 LAAo] character
(in a film, novel, etc.)
[l±V'lfv>] background
& A <Z> & & И no - whatsoever
t) relation, connection
moreover
Outside twilight had fallen, and the lights had been switched on
in the train, turning the window glass into a mirror. But the glass
had been completely coated in water vapor due to the warmth
of the steam heaters and had not been functioning as a mirror
until he wiped it with his finger.
With the evening landscape flowing by in the depths of this
mirror, reflected objects and the reflecting mirror moved in tan-
dem like double-exposed images on film. The characters and the
background scenery had absolutely no connection to one another.
The people were transparent and fragile, the landscape a hazy
flow, and as the two of them merged they created a universe of
symbols that was not of this world. Particularly when the lights
of the countryside shone within the girls face, Shimamura’s chest
throbbed at the inexpressible beauty of it.
A^J [ 15figure, person
[ h d ЙИФ] transparent
{±7!p& fragility, fleetingness
[Л. 9 ftV'] landscape
jo I? A & hazy, indistinct
iAH flow
О two
fftll11 ft 7 [t & ? 1 fuse together
С О |lt & A [CWi i ьй] not of this
world
St® [ L X ? 1') ] symbol
!It5P [-tfjJ'V4] world
Ш ] depict, conjure up
[ChC] particularly
4Й girl
Ж face
right in the middle of
STHl fields and mountains
E L A [h (j L-CX] light, lamplight
<h burn, glow
—НУ [~h£]when
ЖМ [ L £ tr «0 ] Shimamura
t indescribable
A L $ [ •? о < L $ ] beauty
1Й heart, chest
ЙЙ X. А [Л, Z> Z> ] tremble
— (5 to the extent that ~
SNOW COUNTRY MINIATURE 23
ii> <D Lid о £ i± i tz Ж n ft о fe Ъ«I i о -h' tz о tz i)'
L, 8^лйы;й.^ЖЖ1±Ж< Wtt? too Wifi
iltttV'M'ofco L/г Lfe!± t 9 LJ -jO'
T, t"£Т-Е£»Ц|Ф&^Й¥Я1-Я.х.
fcmuio-tifegfch лMor
&IC?H5 д L^^V'f^'IWoil^iT'ibo/Co Мйв-?9г(£йЙ
о ffi £ <П & -/)' L & « X V' tz t' L -С * Ъ „ ,W.оSa Iс Ч Ъ ЙЙ
Ofe'tllOtfcO 4'^ЛТ6/й&й:И|ИТи^с'ге, ЙЙО®
ЬЙВДО J; о L^LiiAL -9 icjfWh’?
йчл, ^o££«c:ft<JC’i&i37:RWiSo-ft&aiWo<t
д Я®ЛЬВФ^о^й*ио£Ъ£о
}£/>'</) distant
ill [-^i] mountain
[-^1 sky
[Ф d •’Wt] sunset
VS [ & ~ <9 ] vestige, trace
[V’6] color®
Ii (Z)i)'vague, indistinct
’ 7 7\ [i if #7 Л] windowpane
~MLt- [~CTLIf] through
й& [Л<5>] look
Жгд !-*>•? Iti'] landscape
ii [ t to < ] far away
[—co (3 ?£<’] in the direc-
tion of
& О thing
M [jJ'Zct)] shape
IFi X. & [ £ x. -6 ] vanish
(i (in '/fj Л T (i) particle used for
emphasis)
LtJ' L however ®
[d L 4'd ] [passive form in text] lose
— “C L i ? completely, fully
i-no matter where
tT ( [ v' < ] go
¥7L& [^и|гл,4] commonplace ®
Й*ill [CO№ i] fields and mountains
appearance, shape
|о]Ш [£& $ £>] all the more
ЖЛ-5> [ЛЛ-6] seem, appear
& |Z & 60 ~ <k 9 И nothing at all
would ~
|?г ЛА9> ЪХ:9] stand out
[А Ф 9 v-'^-th <] attract
attention
— Ф X. I- because ~
The sky beyond the distant mountains was still aglow with
traces of light from the setting sun, and the shapes of things far
off in the landscape outside the window had not yet faded from
sight. But they had lost their color, making the endless expanse
of banal fields and mountains look only more banal; and because
nothing in the scene stood out and grabbed your attention, it was
somehow like a great stream of indistinguishable emotions. Of
course, that was because the girl’s face was floating in it. With
the evening landscape in continuous movement around the edges
of the girl’s reflection in the mirror, her face appeared transpar-
ent. But caught up in the illusion that the darkening landscape
rushing past behind her face might actually be passing in front
of it, he could not for a moment tell if it really was transparent
or not.
-a "C] on the contrary, all
the more
& 13 /p somehow, for some reason
= (?) о t mimetic indistinct,
blurry
Xc5 V* big
[МС» d ] emotion, feeling
tfnTi- flow, stream
Miiiw [ t? -5 /v] naturally, of course
Aft [fr-fab] girl®
Ж1 [й'й] face ®
[о set afloat
t id window
1Й [faZrA] mirror
-5- "b [ •) o be reflected
[ h Afa < ] outline
~(7) J Ъ 9 & around
[Zcx-T] ceaselessly
d If L- $ ] evening landscape @
Wj < [ d ~ < 1 move
[b ') JbV'<Z)] transparent ®
[spontaneous form in text]
feel
(3./V h 9 (3 really
ft {') ] back
flow
J not stop
Sfc [Йъ'С] front
ilfi fa £) pass
Ъ [ $ о fr < T 6 ] [spontaneous form
in text] be under an illusion
[A fa*b-Z>] ascertain
iHf [k time, moment
[potential form in text] grasp
SNOW COUNTRY MINIATURE 25
9> < ii&v'L,
RSW?*^-oZr„ Zrbi'P,, iffilii
A-ofV'-bd *><C, ^Oi'S^t^ZfAZfA.^Ji-CLS о
-g ? и.'аьлт
AZzo
!<>► -g-^V'dB^ t i LAZ>st t о tzntz
^tzo co££oftfW:$:oHot <>
'>/:<, tbLX^fgifcmUXL&^ofco 'ML'ttt
Ш®Ш©ШШгШ©^о L^LffiZc
X о к li Ш'-Л '<$nbfz < ®
v' jt "с <fe -э tz о
7чЖ [ $ L № ] steam locomotive
— О&Й' inside
$(5 if ~ & И not very
ВД-&И [abd'<>v>] bright
(3 (in ВД-6 ‘C particle used for
emphasis ®
15 А/ <h d О real
M [j5'75*A] mirror @
[oi i'] strong
SI']' [t<t A> L <j] reflection (of light)
Iwt't [Litrt] Shimamura
НЛ^ [Av'S] gaze intently at
— ') ^> t S while, as
t fact, situation @
Zz A/Z? A- gradually
[bTtiS] forget
--С1Л d completely, fully
^Mfe evening landscape
ifnitt [& 75*51] flow
Ш girl
7?-^' [d^'A] float
M( ? [55 5 ] [spontaneous form in text]
think, feel
[~T < S] indicates a condi-
tion coming into effect
10
d V' d B^F [*? d v' d t 1 at that
moment
[d><Z) IS x ] she, the woman ®
1Ш [d'&] face ®
<h & ЬЛ [ t b Ll/] light, lamplight ®
t 1) burn, glow
[x-V'-^d ] (reflected) image @
[ih’] window
H [*?£] outside
26 ВДЙ>
It was not that bright inside the train, and the image was
weaker than in a proper mirror. The window did not reflect much
light, so in the course of peering into it Shimamura gradually
forgot it was a mirror at all and it began to seem as if the girl
was floating in the darkness outside.
It was then that a light gleamed from within the girl’s face.
Her reflection in the mirror was not strong enough to blot out
the light outside, and the light did not obliterate her reflection
either. The light streamed across her face. It did not, however,
illuminate it. The light was of a cold, faraway quality.
fl'l'i” [iti"] extinguish, wipe out ®
left $ [о X £ ] strength
d L “C in that way, meanwhile
~ (D ?<£ through
i/ftH-S flow
ilfi •?> [ t to ] pass by
LZe L however
it'li b < ] [causative form
in text] shine
[o££V>] cold
[ к tsi'] distant
[Ой‘0] light
ЬЧ fclJa -oi <9 ®й
ПЙ h Л t Zp'S & о ЛIWIW, 1Й&О @ tt % ffl о Ж Ph1] (c ,
A<> li Л 5
Ш); :.a '"o'L.'ii-c.b - - Л:о
и» л^ивечл ЙН;’;
t 9^<S^±otv>Zio дал-
S FliiSO^L'JllcZz'vXF^^^'UHte Lfco -g-Qftn
!±ТП»КШОЙ11 1)Я(с, 1ЖЖ tffivto 0lko±.
^4£if-c, //й'й < >/-'> T1- '/_,.
t L7cltnt'4>
<b$V> V'] small
11® [ t> £ &] pupil, eye
— ЬО £• around
12S о h mimetic describes a spreading
warmth or glow
mj'&t'4 [eb^-Sи] bright
О J 0 briefly, in effect
Ш [t/'f’ib] girl
|IJ< [У>] eye
7i [O] light, fire
Й & -Ь [Л1 $ & £> ] overlap
WIilJ [Lt$/vM] moment
ZC C <t ] she, the woman
0 [<£>] eye
[и] [Hb -7 twilight
iljcluj IC [&Л- J float on
waves
Li'] bewitching
I^LV' [') о < Lv>] beautiful
-ЙС Ц' [(i Л: ?> I firefly
ЗЛ skiing
^fip [$-£0] season
— ntl [—£x-l before
’/шеЖIri [i?t"J inn at a hot-spring
resort
] customer, guest
® о t {>] most
[i-<*i‘]few
Kj [b time
1И1 [ L £ t>‘ 6] Shimamura
1^11й [') 1Ф] indoor bath
_Ь-Ь [] get out of (a bath)
'~77 [~X < -б] indicates the subject
coming back to a previous location or
condition, with emphasis on the com-
pletion of the action
As it softly illuminated the area around her tiny pupils—at the
instant, that is, when the light and girl’s eyes had become per-
fectly aligned—her eyes became mysterious and beautiful fireflies
floating on waves of twilight.
Guests of the hot-spring inn were at their fewest prior to the
skiing season, so when Shimamura emerged from the indoor bath
the place was already sunk in sleep. At every step he took along
the old corridor, the glass doors would rattle faintly. The woman
was standing bolt upright at the far corner by the reception desk,
her skirts flowing icily over the black polished floor.
Had she finally become a geisha then? He was taken aback at
the sight of her skirts.
[ £ о fa < ] completely
-b [fa•?>] sleep silently
А" fz [ fa Vs fa ] old, musty
ЙТ [ fa fa Й'] corridor, passage
Ж [>541] he
KVti* [fafa] tramp, tread
— [--fa fat'] each time
7 fa Jfa [Й 7 X t'l glass door
[/p-ffaU] faintly
Ц1) "t* [ fa fa T) make a sound
SV' [fa fa'и] long
(d "T ft end. extremity
[fa X ') If] desk
ill) U ftl [ t fa 0 fa] corner
Ж [fafa] hem, skirt ©
("ufainfat [fa-x.tkfa t] coldly
[< Tjt/fa I) ] black sheen
Ж [иfa] floorboard
~<Z) 1*.-^ [~<fa ') x.-'x] onto, upon
Ж' If[ fa Ъ If 6 ] spread out
A [-fafafa] woman, she
itjlfa [fafavj tall
V.[fa-7] stand
fa <h fa finally
[(ГА' L v faX'1 become a
geisha (NOTE: The subject is Komako.
Previously she was a sort of stand-in
geisha who entertained visitors to the
resort only when it was exceptionally
busy.)
Й -b [& -b ] look at, see
(i -o T" -S be startled
ISo ffiii
o^^Ulbo^o A^^BoS-cBt d
Koti4^ffiU^oZ:0t\ ^U^WbT^zi
Л^й1Шо#М^ Ж L£o
1з> h^aboZrOUx ?ftWSf ^чг£>Ж
Т\ ЙО2ЙО^4'Ь''й&b^дйЖ&Ж£Т\
Ji'SH Ъ tvtz h Л & и tz Ъ о G ч тЕТЙНо Л* fr
£> ^HIS/S ZztJpC
[& & < ] walk
~ Т Ж -Ь [Т < &) indicates movement
toward the narrator
[й'Ъ tz} body
if CL /p somewhere
ЙЙ'Т [ < ft) relax (one’s posture)
Й1А& [trtf* ;<-?>] welcome, greet
L & coquettish airs
№ £ [o < & ] put on (airs)
12 о mimetic motionless
®!1 *( [ 9 ^-X 1 move
AL^b^ [A:t,iXsfc] standing figure
[й'Н] he
Ж Й t йй(£ &] even from a dis
tance
ДШ13 &* serious
& О thing, something
'Stttlpt'b H it t i>] receive, feel
iu'X" [v*-t <*] hurry
[-“'Tv4 <] indicates movement
away from the narrator
ZC [£A &] woman, she ®
~<Z){^lZ [—-<?)-? (±"{;J beside, near
jX-O [/jo] stand
M-Ь [AX^l say nothing
i^V4 [CV'J thick
Ll'Ki [i> L 6 V'] face powder, make-up
ЙЙ [Zi’tJ] face
[tiiSx-tr] [volitional form in text]
smile
~(i>)'?t't‘<6 try to ~
Iji.'y'C [/j'A о T] on the contrary
о о ib] tearful
face
4'ic ^жЬ-ГЗг [iuti’bfi:] with-
out saying anything
ХД [A A *) ] both of them, they
She did not walk over to him, nor relax her pose into any coquett-
ish gesture of recognition. Even from a distance he could sense
something serious in her rigidly immobile figure, and he hurried
over and stood close to her, though he still said nothing. Her
heavily powdered face attempted a smile which only ended up as
tears, and in silence they walked off together to his room.
Despite what had happened between them, he had not writ-
ten her any letters, come to see her, or kept his promise to send
a book of dance movements. The woman must have thought he
had forgotten all about her—meaning that the proper procedure
would be for Shimamura to come up with an apology or an
excuse.
п|>Ж room
0 [—Qli d 'Ч in the direction of
c? ttl’T [Й A /cTl start to walk
<$b /v & C t that kind of episode
~0(C although, in spite of the fact
that ~
TM [<ЛГА] letter
H'l $ -<Г [Zf $ T] without sending
ккЧС&ЖТ without
even coming to see
ЙГ) (U 0 ] dance, dancing
[d'Z:] set form
T [C3. A.] book
[Jo <-6] send
Й Ж [’?’ < -? < ] promise
Ж £ "T [!±Zz $ T] without fulfilling
•o'T tlli from the point of view of
льН-Ь [toTftS] [passive form in text]
forget
~ L "fr other than, besides
.ЙХ.& [is & x_%>] feel
[ST] first of all
MH [ L £ tr G] Shimamura
[lid] side
nfeCP [ЪСХ] apology
VH’blf excuse
Жд [v* d] say, utter
{f & G &V' ought to
Wr [ IL J; ] order, procedure
SNOW COUNTRY MINIATURE 31
..". , .
бйч {£v'oйЧчг&ой1 L $4-,'iSISTV'-S X Ьй?Й1НЬ
йТ\ -?Й(±йЙ> fAziit^SoZJzLT^
(iSfroWFMBBXftV'dSR LWA^Zi'bd hffi
ot. $:(:т1гШмШ'$ОТ:ооП-Сий
йй©ТК-*5 t,
14>
r^v^^-tJ; <®S-i£x-CV'/cctoJ t, A^JgZrlt
fi|i LZzA^Offl V'^ <9 Wili^Wco
«► Rd?J t> t-eoiigt$*v'-e
3^1 < =t d i:№t±otffo/Со АЙони-сф-£iST
U £> b X X t fc ft <D -=₽• & v '4' -h: 6 ,
fill face
hl-b [Л /£>] look at
*C [&-?><] walk
~ 9 even as
1ЙА" the woman, she @
fft [7M1] he ®
нЛ-£> [-ttit>^] criticize
~ <h'CL Ъ -fr far from (doing something)
{^t'oliVU [rt'6£v'olfv'r]
throughout one’s entire body
L $ sentimental longing
!i^ 13 -b [^/vC-S] feel
3 t fact
Ml H -£> [ L H ?> ] be able to know, know
instinctively
Й Ж [ & # £ <Ь ] all the more
Ь (Z L 'C 4j whatever
Wd [v"?]say
n (C t if] word, remark
fi Л [ 13л^Л0(19 ] he (rather than
she)
'I'K-ilin & [A.J frivolous
'й’ IО O' ^ ] sound, ring
— L other than, besides
[ b o] have
<® 9 [f> & ')] think
& (Z somehow, for some reason
$ it & $ П-6] be overawed, be
overwhelmed
Ц V' [f>JV']sweet
Ж У5 [ f d CO'] joy
'Z)'Z>tr [passive form in text] envelop
[^‘V'ZfA/] stairs ®
I' [LZc] bottom
[<£]come, reach
But even as he walked along without looking at her, he sensed
that, far from reproaching him, her whole body was awash with
joy at their reunion. He felt that no matter what he said, the tone
of his words would only mark him out as the shallower of the
two. He was enveloped in the sweet joy of being inexplicably over-
whelmed by her. But when they got to the foot of the stairs:
“This fellow remembered you best,” he blurted out, thrusting
his left fist, with the index finger sticking out, into her face.
“Really?” Grabbing his finger, the woman kept hold of it as
she climbed up the stairs, as if to lead him after her by the hand.
When she released it in front of the kotatsu, she immediately
blushed all the way down to her throat. To hide her confusion,
she impetuously reached for his hand again.
d HO brusque this fellow
‘'w' J' ( ] best
ё <&] FAMILIAR yOU
ЖЯ.& (&>(fx.41 remember
ЛШа [fih $ index finger
(ФТ stretch out
Й1Т [ U- Zf h T] left hand
Ж 0^ [i^i^Llfist
И & ’) suddenly
A' [£> A&] woman, she ®
~ О [till- [—<0^ x_{~] in front of
[o § -otfA] thrust out (in
front of)
-? ') ? is that so?
In [Ф<7] finger
Ж-& grasp
W i i having done so
[i±4*Tl let go of ®
T [T]hand ®
51 <4 [Cf < ] pull
Jz<b [&ZrZ>] go up
[~Ги < ] indicates movement
away from the narrator
[^.Zro] blanket-covered table with
a heater beneath it
~<7)Йи'С [—OJ A"C] in front of
$ о <h all of a sudden
[ < СЛ] neck
[£>Аи] red
CL cover up, divert attention from
hastily, in a panic
Zc again
JeT "9 [ 6 -q ] pick up, grab
i6> г-иТ < ? J
ЙиТ &&<Й<тШЖ&ШЬ£о ffi'Jdi-ti Ь£ЖТ\
18к ГЛЛ>
19»- ЛАЬ, ^A3SV'L*^«b, -еоъ
иййй-АРЬгЬТЛго
2о> ГЛ^ЖЛ-СИТ < trZzO ? J
21 ► Г(5д!тэ£Ио ^А&Ф/гиЗ^^ЙЙ’С/Ли
22 ► ГЖЖ1±££'®тЯ^£^? J
Жх.'Ь [jotS;t&] remember ®
— 0 particle indicating a question; spo-
ken with rising intonation ©
ЙЙ [й'-is] face, expression
X. A yes
[Ъй'-S] know, understand
GF [& ^"] right
iX. [jaA&l woman
' Ъ feminine particle used to soften an
assertion
[toy t>] palm of the hand ©
[~O&l-A'^ib] from
between
G [Л* right hand
Ш <\ И < ] pull out
dScs^T [& ^ £:£><] again, anew
& [bVcOHeft
1ЖЙ [U A L] fist
j'H’t’ [ 72T] hold out
$i(£ [ZiJO ]3 л ] she, the woman
’t’ L tz. demure
Л>Л> (к.) onomatopoeic describes the
sound of quiet laughter
[A < А-Ъ 111] suppressed
laugh
Д H [ L- J t? ь ] Shimamura
(T -?> [ O 61УZ> ] spread out
[-?-6D 9 x.i-1 on top of it, upon
it
[^й] face
L "C £> [Й L&“С-?»] press against
“So this remembered me?”
“Not the right one. This one.” He slid his right hand out of her
hand and again thrust out his left fist. Her face was innocence
itself.
“I know.”
With a soft, half-stifled laugh, she spread open Shimamura’s
palm and pressed her face against it.
“So this remembered me?”
“How cold. I’ve never felt such cold hair.”
“Has it snowed yet in Tokyo?”
IS 9 exclamation of surprise
ФЛгИ [oto/си] cold®
C K> & such, so
HOT: [Zi'Atolt] hair
'ЙЙ'С [l± £toT] for the first time
Ж Ж [ t 5 & Jz d ] Tokyo
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ЖЕ1* [ L £ t> £>] Shimamura
lif f^E] inn
1E i£ & [ h i -6] stop
'А1Ш entrance, doorway
2/Ж [^^‘ii'] fresh greenery
(UfstJ smell
Й1V' [o i и] strong
Ml 11 Id hill behind one’s house
JiL_E(f ?> [<A^ If ^] look up at
v^5 ? I?-?- d ] seduce
fuo (?"C [& £>-э If <] roughly
[Off-6] climb
“Cfy "C I'-TV'd indicates movement
away from the narrator
15 EX <( suitably, properly
E^'fl-S] get tired
E Cl point, moment
( о t mimetic briskly (of turning
motion)
Ж i^J *( Eh i? < ] turn around
— $' the moment (one does something),
just when
[ьФй'Л:] light cotton kimono
b If %> [L 0 TJnkJfT'b] tuck up
one’s skirts
fn L V > funny
[Ot 0 T1] by oneself
[Ь ьн] laugh
~ Ilk 11 [ v > A (1) at full speed
Kltf Ь 0 %> run down (a
slope)
[~T < -6] indicates movement
toward the narrator
At the doorway of the inn, Shimamura looked back at the
mountainside with its strong smell of fresh young leaves. Unable
to resist, he went scrambling madly up the slope.
He didn’t know what was so funny. He couldn’t stop laughing
to himself.
When he felt good and tired, he spun around sharply, tucked
the skirts of his yukata into his sash, and came charging back
down at full tilt. Two yellow butterflies flew up from beneath
his feet.
The butterflies flitter-fluttered away. Soon they were above the
border range and so far away that their yellow hues had turned
white.
“What is it?”
The woman was standing in the shade of a cedar grove.
“You’re laughing and you look so happy.”
yiLttZi'b hZ'tb] from around
one’s feet
Д® I ?] yellow butterfly
Z2<J'J [l-Ь] two (winged creatures)
[h fly up
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as
fa [ l± -Ь Z' far away
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® i ? ] butterfly
(jOHn4") [& •? ] get entangled
-V/У X in due course
РТй [C. -o i 9 ] border (between pre-
fectures)
ill [•’?£] mountain
i) more than ~
i'l'i’V' [Ziii'V'] high
Wfe [^V'd] yellow
Й W [L6vJ white
indicates an increase in ten-
dency
fa £ £> HONORIFIC do
<7) particle indicating a question; spo-
ken with rising intonation
5C woman
[i- S’li V L] cedar grove
[<£ [Z'lf] shadow, shade
[Zro] stand
d H L happy
[bOd] laugh
~"C кЧ'-Ь = — LJf>7b
honorific be----ing
' t> <k feminine particle combination
used to express a belief
зо> rib£>^J:oJ Ж#<&±1?ТЖ
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1ЕЛ-Ь [J^’i6-?>] abandon, not do ®
(NOTE: This refers to Shimamura hav-
ing previously summoned another gei-
sha to the inn in order to have sex with
her—a plan he gave up when he found
himself uninterested in the girl who
came. This episode is mentioned in the
full-length version of Snow Country but
omitted here. What Shimamura “aban-
doned” was sex with a geisha other than
Koma ко.)
MH [ L. i tr 6] Shimamura
Ъ11О V1 senseless
[Ъ«оVJ laughter
[CAS>lf^>] well up
[~T <&] indicates a condi-
tion coming into effect
iX. woman ®
ЛЛ'Ь suddenly
£ [»] *( [ib t> *□ % t? < ] look away
["T L] cedar grove
into
о C *9 slowly
A-Ь [1±V'-6] enter
[?Mt] he
Ж [ Л: i Z> ] say nothing
’Ol'T-fj’( [oi'Ti’ <] follow after
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32
•? d ? is that so?
Wtt [ 13Л L <] Shinto shrine
[dfcoovVc] covered with
moss
S i'4&] pair of carved guardian
dogs
[~O-?‘!Xo] beside, near
“I didn’t do it.” Shimamura felt the meaningless laughter well-
ing up inside him.
“I didn’t do it.”
“Oh?”
The woman turned abruptly away, then wandered slowly off
into the cedar grove. He followed her, saying nothing.
There was a shrine. The woman sat down on a flat rock next
to a pair of guardian dogs overgrown with moss.
“This is the coolest spot. Even in midsummer there’s a cool
breeze.”
“Are all the geisha here like her?”
W' flat
H (V' h>] stone, rock
01c £-fc-6 T [С, d sit down
particle combination used to
express doubt or suspicion
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—[и-э h o ] the most
istbV' [T-TLHcool
feminine particle used with falling
intonation to soften an assertion
XL lI [i midsummer
[-Э 46 fct'] cold, cool
Ж [й'-tf] wind
— Ъ feminine particle used to soften an
assertion
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Щ/2 [(2Zr] alike, similar
& О thing
[ t L £ ] middle-aged woman
fl И 4* beautiful
A person
feminine particle used to soften an
assertion
•) О [nJ < [ •) -o £> < ] look down
ЖЖ& C [-£<>i}& <] brusquely
Ш 9 [V'j] say
tt [ < CK] neck
[T #'1XL] cedar grove ®
ZbRnV' [d <’£>1'1 somewhat dark
W [&£] green
Z) H ^ •& ] be reflected
ЖН [ L £ tr fd Shimamura
["t 5 ] cedar
Ж [СТА] treetop
JdAlf-b [Л-гЫТ-S] look up at
V>1'enough
fl- body
Jj [ Ze £ ] strength, power
V' all at once
[afcl}&] go away
~ t, ->f> -э "C = - T L i T completely
4э 7^ L V* strange, funny
лл
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[V'b] rock
H L^-C 4-0 <] Stick
out one’s hands behind one’s back
[ t?fa] chest
R-b [•?-6 ] lean back
3 [i6] eye
“They’re all much the same. Some of the older ones are beauti-
ful, you know,” she said tersely, looking at the ground. The dark
green of the cedar grove seemed to have cast its tinge on her
neck.
Shimamura looked up toward the tops of the cedars.
“I’m not interested. My powers have deserted me all of a sud-
den. Strange.”
The cedars were so tall you couldn’t see their tops unless you
rested your hands on the rock behind you and leaned your head
all the way back. The tree trunks stood in a perfectly straight line,
their dark leaves blocking out the sky, and there was a ringing
silence.
JU < [t f < ] reach
height
L & moreover
[CoC] truly
[v'-s> j; < -tt/vlc] in a straight
line
trunk
V i~> JkЛ stand in a line
Пд V' [ < C>V'] dark
[li] leaf, foliage
[-?-£>] sky
Л» $ <7 block out, obstruct
LV'/v <h onomatopoeic describes utter
silence
[L^lt^l silence
nS'b [&&] make a sound, ring
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Hit [LS $>kJ Shimamura
f? *£ vf’^'b [iZ £ =t-d?-5] lean one’s back
(against)
[Л ] tree trunk ®
£^<4 of all
ilx f) [ t> -□ <h & ] the most
Я-1& ty [ t *9 Z:] archaic old
& O') thing
if ? L- T i)y for some reason
4tffl [ £ ZrZpb] north side
[x_Zf] branch
J'. J *C [o ZJ Tj up to the top
o 0 completely
ti'i 11Ъ [тНг & ] wither
[^3t>0 3 ^>] be left behind
after having the rest fall
ЖтЁ [fa <> £ ] part near the base, root
[ t й?-э Zr] sharp
Й [< V'] stake, post
[?Z'Z:tjfa] standing upside
down
H лоьЬй] plant in a row
й X. & [<& x. -& ] appear, seem
&13т5' something or other, some kind of
[fa-еб 1Л'] fearful
It [Z'^-l god
[-3"^] weapon
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ЦП [ fa L t/] afternoon, evening sun
[tZZ'£>] shine
j^V4 [hfat'] distant
JI I [Z‘fa] river
[Й/vi] woman, she ®
to E mimetic fixedly
ЙЯ« Л -b [ 4' Zi5nb ] gaze at, look at
42 ВД#>
The tree Shimamura was leaning against was the oldest of them
all. For some reason the boughs on its north side were all dead
up to the top, and the stumps of the fallen branches looked like
stakes that had been planted along the trunk with their points
facing out. It was like some dreadful weapon of a god.
The woman gazed at the far-off river as it glowed under the
evening sun. She felt awkward and uncomfortable.
“Silly me, I forgot these. Your cigarettes,” said the woman with
forced lightness.
“You weren’t there when 1 popped back into your room just
now. I was just wondering what had happened to you, and there
you were charging like the clappers all alone up the mountain.
1 saw you out the window. You looked funny.
[’C t Z:] anxiety due to an abundance of time 6 feminine exclamation of mild frus- tration [ЪТНЬ] forget ~ Ъ feminine particle used to soften an assertion ® [£> ? а л] honorific cigarettes О <h [<j t M U] with forced lightness ЕЕЖММИННМ $ <? before HONORIFIC room [t £•£>] return — T to see what is going on И о L -b honorific be present, be t"9 о L Ь = h’ -j & $ о Zc L honorific, feminine what hap- 1 «• i pened to you, I wonder — Zp L FEMININE I wonder .® 9 [£> & d ] think X. Iq V' extraordinary [i'^ joV>] energy й (J4 honorific alone ill [\Ji] mountain climb *s> -Э L< V -b — —"C V4 О L’f'b honorific be ing ~ CD feminine used in sentence final position to softly put forth a reason; expresses the speaker’s wheedling desire to be indulged [ i t] window Mx. [Л-Л-?>] be visible — О feminine particle used with falling intonation to soften an assertion L W strange, funny
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honorific cigarettes @
?EH-b [toTttS] forget
~TVf> ЕЛ = ~Tv^o LW:
honorific had ~
~ Cb apparently
^э'СЖ'Ь [ t оT <&] bring (some-
one)
~ T _E IT & [~ T^lf-b] do as a favor for
— E> feminine particle used to soften an
assertion
О f < i" i> ] feel sorry
(for), feel pity (for)
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-? A Cl E that kind of thing
$ А/ [jo < $Л] polite customer
Й ill [ W5] freedom, discretion
11 № V' be
feminine particle used with falling
intonation to soften an assertion
iMr’t’ [Zi'tc'H [volitional form in text] send
back
1Й [tM1] he
[Zc h ] sleeve
ttj't" [Zz’t] pull out
V •? "f" £r 01E ?> light a match
~E [C] child, girl
[v> L] stone, rock
^•V' [ййи] numerous
HI [Znfc] river
r j' [131 ] sound, noise
tl'V' [гЬSt'] sweet
П$ [£?>$] roundness
Anyway, I brought your cigarettes, since you seemed to have
forgotten them.”
Producing the cigarettes from her sleeve, she struck a match.
“I feel bad about that girl.”
“Don’t be silly. It’s completely up to the client. When to send
the woman back.”
All they could hear was the sweetly rounded babble of the
rock-strewn river. Through the cedars they could see the folds
of the mountains off in the distance as they darkened.
“The girl should be no less beautiful than you are, other-
wise when I saw you after the event, I’d just feel ashamed of
myself.”
“Don’t give me that! Chock-full of excuses, you are,” said the
woman in a bitter, mocking tone—but the emotions flowing
between them had changed since he had called in the geisha.
X.-&] be audible
-“'СЖ'Ь [—"c < indicates a situation
or phenomenon emerging
0 only
[T ё 1 cedar
— [ —O&l'Zf] between
|n] 9 [tr C. 7 ] beyond, over there
lllSt [-^* 4 OZf] folds of a mountain
Рй'Ь darken
be visible, seem
48
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51^ T -Ь [ЛЗз h be inferior
£ woman ®
[ch 11?] afterward
ax 9 [£>')] meet
—[— h cH when
'L'H'St [LA,mortifying
[ L Lfeminine what
do I care? don’t give me that!
M If'lu [ i LAd sour grapes
[oiv»] strong, intense
Jj D'A:] polite person
tr о h mimetic with annoyance
[#> deride, sneer
<9 [V'd] say
[IfV'Lgeisha
[ J; Cdll, summon
— fjij t ti [“Jit l±] from/than before
[-4o<D] different, other
lB'lu D'A, Lidl emotion
jffi 9 [й'<£ d 1 pass between, move to and
from
tisH f) LTV'ZcOZft, Шш!±о В f)Ш h, &&&
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{i Ь from the start
tz tz just, only
[£>A,£] woman @
IS L V' want, desire
WOoT [dtvqsX o"C] as usual
Jii ГП1 *9 'T Ъ [ <h do i to 0 "J" Z> ] be round-
about, go about things the long way
Au I’t [ L i t? <s> ] Shimamura
U-2 I) clearly
Й1 -b [ L. •?>] become aware
П 5J* [ С^Л] oneself, himself
toU-'&'b become disgusted,
get sick (of)
— /j [v'-s> (3°•) ] on the one hand
<£ (t И ail the more
H о < L,t'] beautiful ®
W. X. ‘a> [<& Л i> ] seem, appear
--“C %> [—"C <( -S] indicates a situation
or phenomenon emerging
[i~ L] cedar grove
— [—ОтНТчг] from behind,
within
flfc he
ПТ л^* [d^J call
& l-l Z)1 something or other, some kind of
"t* -э <h quickly, suddenly
tkl} & patf'b] be released, leave
Ж L V' [i”ft L i>] cool, nonchalant
figure
ЙК1 [(i-ft'J thin
high,prominent
W- [l± £] nose
L I’d* <1 L] slightly
$ tt L V4 lonely, forlorn
When Shimamura realized that this woman was the only one
he had wanted from the start, and that, as usual, he was taking the
long way around, he felt disgusted with himself. Meanwhile, the
woman appeared to him all the more beautiful. Moments after
calling to him from the cedar grove, she now looked nonchalant
and relaxed, as if she had quietly let something go.
Her high, thin nose had a certain melancholy, but beneath it
the small budded lips, with their smooth transition from narrow-
ness to fullness, were like a beautiful circle of leeches. Had they
been cracked or discolored, they would have surely looked gross
and impure, but they were moist and glistening. The corners of
her eyes had no upward slant, and there was something a bit odd
about her eyes, which looked as though they’d been deliberately
arranged perfectly straight across her face. The downward curves
of her trim, thick eyebrows, however, framed them beautifully.
[-?• co L£rU] beneath it
small
oiS'AZz pursed, budding
# [< W-Ь] lip
t ihL truly
[ O-Z> <T> b] ring of leeches
№ & [co tt'i, expansion and
contraction
& & smooth
& L if
M [ Lb] wrinkle, line
[и^й'Ь-Ь v1] be of poor color,
be pallid
impure, dirty
ЙЛ-Ь [Л-я.^] seem, appear
ought to
jt-b Ь&НиД'й] shine moistly
0 J>L [У) L 0 ] outer corner of the eye
_L 0 [гЬй'О Ь-tbT] not turning
up
Ъ $ h deliberately
ЖПХС!- H of <"l-l straight
[£d>s<]draw
HR [Ф] eye
L. somehow
do L V > funny, unusual
[Л Ltf'V»] short
ДЗ [it] hair
[bio i о Л:] thick-
growing
T О 5 й1’ •) §'Л.со] tending to
slope downward
W [ i *^] eyebrow
(5 just right
"OO L“ surround
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'}/ L [f f L] slightly
Ф й [fr^'/f^1] convex, not flat
ГФШ [^ S>j)ti5] round face
$) rather, I suppose
ФЯ>& [^t4SA&] ordinary, average
^hu-VIj [ •? АЛ' < ] profile
ЙИ [L5V'] white
IWf&inF [t d Сё] porcelain, pottery
1ЖЙ. [9 T^l”] pale red
IjilJ’s [1± <] brush, paint on
(F-h] skin
1*4 [ < F] neck
[^Itfa] base, root
|^]o’ <^ [12 < o' < ] be fleshy, be fat
[??’CA] beautiful woman
~ t V' 9 i 19 £> even more than a so-
called ~
<£ I? & above all
fphli?& [-tfv'ifo^] clean, pure
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Пэ L < I-T5] pour
drinks for a living
Cl t (D Z> = Z. k. has had the
experience of
jfc [.13A&] woman ®
— H L“C ti for, considering
Cl Cl A & a little bit
Л&1ЙО [l± t t?faO] pigeon-breasted
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{J <o look!
V'OOPb^IC^ [и-эО ± 12Л*] before one
notices
Cl A 11 to this extent
ФЙ [Л^Х] sand fly
[Л 5] come close
X [~'C<&] indicates movement
toward the speaker ®
l^__—_g
The shape of her face—round and not too flat—was ordinary
enough. With her skin that looked like porcelain brushed with
pink and her throat that had not yet fleshed out, she was not so
much beautiful as pure.
For a woman who made her living as an entertainer, she was
a little pigeon-breasted.
“My, my. Look at all these sand flies,” said the woman, getting
to her feet and brushing down her skirts.
It was probably about ten o’clock that night. The woman
shouted Shimamura’s name from the corridor, then hurtled into
his room as if she’d been pushed. She collapsed against the table,
sending everything on it flying with flailing, drunken hands,
then greedily gulped down some water.
'—fo feminine particle used to soften an
assertion
® Ъ ') ] straighten out
one’s skirt
ЗЛк.Ь-Ь [Z: stand up
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[<£ S] evening, night
t Ф 9 IS around ten о clock
Zr-5 ') Tztib 0
ЖТ [6 ? Л'] corridor
lA [feis СГЛ U] in a loud voice
[L i trfe] Shimamura
call someone’s name
(iZ: 1? t mimetic stumbling, lurching
lx If 2s tr [4-tfAtr] [passive form in text]
fling in
{Й [Z'it] he
дВЖ room
A& come in
< -S] indicates movement
toward the narrator ®
V' ё & 0 suddenly, unexpectedly
Ж [о < Л] table
[Z:isfailover
(onto)
[-5-60 d Ло] on top of it
L 0 thing, object
FftoZz [ J; o Ze] drunken
Tmovement of the hands
'OZPAnfc fj'T Iq'H grab and
fling about
Cl d onomatopoeic in great gulps
A [&T] water
[Otr] drink
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[Л>гФ] winter
Я Ш [ X 4- — li £ 7 ] ski resort
& E- A 12 & & become friendly
Я iSi [i31 2 t-] men
ill [J£3£] mountain
Si & [ 2 А -Ы cross over
~T^^> [~“C <-b] indicates the subject
coming back to a previous location or
condition, with emphasis on the com-
pletion of the action
~0l2 nominalizer <D + locative particle
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Жк') [”<?<£> о ] meet by chance
['?-? *? ] [passive form in text] invite
~ i following on from
[-t’tX-’linn
[<t go to visit
[(fv»L Л3] geisha
П?'л> [ J:-^] summon, call
AO uproar, tumult
= (h and 12
are often interchangeable)
fifct/ [Oti'] [causative-passive form in text]
drink
~ "C L ? thoroughly (and regretfully)
~ Ь (Г) Z. <h apparently, according to
what someone said
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УЙ [^Zc^lhead
л. А» Ь ”$ -b [causative form in text] mimetic
be unsteady, reel
— A'C [t> h 0 T“] by herself
k. ( ramblingly
L 0 [ L ?0 tzX 6] chat-
ter, ramble, spout off
Ж'Л' [Ы> и] it’s my fault, sorry
Apparently she had run into some men whom she had got to
know on the ski slopes that winter and who had dropped in from
over the mountain. Having been invited, she’d gone over to their
inn. There they’d proceeded to call in some geisha and have a
rambunctious time. She had been made to drink, she said.
Her head lolling from side to side, she rambled on to herself.
“I really have to go. They’ll be wondering where I’ve got to.
I’ll be back later.” She stumbled out of the room.
After about an hour, once again he heard her coming unsteadily
down the long corridor, bumping into things, losing her footing.
“Shimamura-saan! Shimamura-saan!” she shouted in a shrill
voice.
Ij 'D "C T Z> [t'o “C < ?>] go and come
back
feminine particle combination
used to softly express resolve concern-
ing a matter previously mentioned ©
h'd L Z1 Zr* h wondering what happened
Ж’Т look for
feminine particle used to soften an
assertion
[ib t'C] afterward
[ < & ] come
=t IT stumble
HjTIt ["СТЕ'< ] go out, leave
#
В&Ш! [v' Lt5‘Z.] one hour
~ 1i about
T -b having been
long
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1Й15 I' [6-5 corridor
AZltlZz disorderly, uneven
/Пгт- [sbLi><h] footsteps
Z, Cl here and there
^^£>Z2& [o * bump into
things
fall over
~"C >li -2> [~< < %>] indicates movement
toward the narrator
~ L < apparently
Mr. Shima-
mura (drawing out the last syllable) ®
<] in a shrill voice
PJ|'^ shout, cry @
6o> S>/v0J
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Ж> X. ?> [Ax. 6] be visible
M'H’ [L£ tr 6] Shimamura ®
— (3L ffiV' & V > definitely be
[Л'& £ h Cf x.1 shrill voice
=3^"^ & [ t о b < i’-b] be embarrassed
stand up
[Lid t й*&] paper of a shoji
unmistakably
X [fcAzfc] woman ®
WO'll' [liZfj5'0i i 61 naked heart
[ lS^A/<Z>;fe t Cl] one’s man
Df^ I i At] call
’ X-] voice
,® V^ZpI} & И [is {j t'Zi'lt^t'] be taken
screen
th % 'D Z. Ъ [iW'&x>o City] poke
aback
L?)' L however
Tf3® Ф [^ L-^3 E Ф ? ] throughout the
one’s fingers (into)
[ $ A] lattice frame (of a shoji)
O^t? grab hold of
*€* <7) S i n that state
4$ [yJ'ioZ:] body
<(“ L 0 <h mimetic heavily
Я ifl Ъ [Z: joH 6 ] fall over
Ч^сИЙс-Ь [Ot/cj bZ:6] resound
fa fa feminine particle combination
that functions as a tag question
L ; Vb*-'’ 4 • Г ' '' '
“I can’t see a thing. Shimamura-saan!”
It was quite clearly the voice of a woman, her heart laid bare,
calling to her man. Shimamura was caught by surprise. Thinking
that her screeching would be echoing throughout the inn, he got
to his feet in a fluster, whereupon the woman stuck her fingers
through the paper of the shoji, grabbed the doorframe and then
collapsed against Shimamura.
“Ah, there you are.”
Her limbs entangled with his, the woman sat down, resting
against him.
“I’m not drunk. No, sir. It’s just that I feel awful. Awful. I know
what I’m doing though. Ah, I need a drink of water. I shouldn’t
have mixed whiskey with other drinks.
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<3 fl get tangled up with
Ж-Ь sit down
& lean on
Й&о oh my!
/К [&T] water
fifctr [Oto] drink ®
f whiskey
-V АД3°А/ tC drinking various alcoholic
beverages in the course of a night
be wrong
—<D feminine particle used with falling
intonation to soften an assertion
[.к d 1 get drunk ®
— X'Jl3Lfc'd - ~"C & V'* EMPHATIC
not be
•? ? Ki uh-uh, no
= emphatic it’s
hardly possible that -
[ < & Ln] feel bad ®
X feminine particle combination
used to soften an assertion
1ТЖ [LH Й] mind, reason
[Zc LZp4'] sober, sane
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[<зЬХг < ?>] go to one’s head
(v'ZcvJ ouch, it hurts
ifeCOAi^ [$><90 h Zrt>] they, those
people
АШ [Ч^О’Л] cheap bottle of liquor
Ж 9 [ti'9 ] buy, purchase
~Т^-Ь [~- 'C < ?>] indicates the subject
coming back to a previous location or
condition, with emphasis on the com-
pletion of the action
— О <£ feminine particle combination
used to soften an assertion
Ml -b [ L Z> ] know
S') [<-' 9 ] say
S- [ 'C <9 О £> ] palm of the hand
L 0 [3 constantly
Ж [й1^] face
31A -S rub
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И [-? t ] outside
l:H [$>Й] rain
Ж [£>kJ sound
f$U-l [tifaA'U] suddenly
МЬИ [liifLV'] intense, fierce
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d7' L "C t ['t'i L"C'h] even a little
®ii [ 9 “c] arm
%>bb%> loosen
A [j3 k,&] woman ®
C tz 0 t A -b go limp
® [$'<&] hair, hairdo
[$'H] he ®
Ml [li^] check
}fPL'9-'S>’3~ [£ U'9^T1 [passive form in
text] squash
"-(it'’ (13) to the extent that ~
^МИЙИШ
Goes straight to my head. It’s killing me. They’d brought some
cheap moonshine. How was I to know?” As she rambled on, she
kept rubbing her face with her hands.
Outside, the sound of the rain suddenly grew stronger.
If he relaxed his grip at all, the woman would slump over. He
was holding her head so tightly that her coiffure was crushed
against his cheek, and his hand slipped into her bosom.
The woman did not respond to his pleading. She crossed her
arms like a bar clamped over the objects of his desire, but possibly
because she was so addled with drink, she had no strength.
“What’s wrong with me? Damn you! Damn you! I’m all limp.
These useless things.” All of a sudden she bit her own arm.
Ы [ < IX] head, neck
& hold in one’s arms, embrace
T [T]hand
Ж t C. b] bosom, breast
A-Ь go into
focus one’s
strength
t seek, desire ® (NOTE: Next
usage is in the passive form.)
H Ж I 1 word, remark
[ C. 7c x. respond
<t d d T] both arms
pj [Zi'A.ik §] bar, bolt
ffit? [<£>'] cross (limbs)
& О thing, object
~O_k [~O о £1 the top of
.fe £ X. £> cover, block
L tX A [ T LtXft-S] be stupe-
fied with drink
& A/Zz what the hell! (exclamation of dis-
appointment or astonishment)
t this damn thing! ®
ft) 4c [k < Lid] damn, blast ®
Z> V ' listless, enervated
V51 & f) suddenly, unexpectedly
Й t] one’s own
elbow, one’s outer arm
i) О <( bite into
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л£ *( < ] be surprised
й№-$" [!± fr'H [causative form in text] separate
(two things), pull (two things) apart
[AZ»vJ deep
[<3Z*Z:] tooth mark
О <( have, be attached to
[&] name
laV'-CH-tt<6 [Z'l'T^-th^] writedown
and show
[t'd] say ®
[Lli't'] stage play
[xt'Zi'] film
K3 < L аъ) actor
[& £ x_] name
в 9
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L Z>* L- however
Ь [ЙА4‘] woman @
Ж [TOO в] palm of the hand ®
J -6 give oneself up (to)
i i£ in that way, as she was
(fa 11: [ < Zi5'^ ] doodling, scribbling
(i L#) <b start
ЭД* $ [T &] favorite
A [Oh] person
—& [tz $ AU Ф d €] as many as
20 or 30
[4* rank, list
[Cl A t*(±] now, presently
IBM [ L i tr ь] Shimamura ®
only
[tri'd IC] countless times
W^Mlt'6 [Zp ё о keep writing
0 inside
Shocked, he pulled her arm away. Deep tooth marks were
imprinted on it.
Letting him have his way with her, the woman started doo-
dling. She said she was going to write down the names of the men
she liked, and after listing some twenty or thirty stage and movie
actors’ names, she wrote “Shimamura” over and over again.
The delectable swelling beneath Shimamura’s hand grew grad-
ually warmer.
“Ah, I’m glad that’s all over. What a relief,” he said gently. He
even felt slightly maternal toward her.
The woman suddenly started feeling unwell again, and she
squirmed her way to her feet before pitching forward into the
far corner of the room.
“It isn’t right. Not right. I’m going. Going home.”
$) 0 /.pTLH welcome, pleasant
A <( h <h- bulge, swelling
gradually
МИ [&-эи] hot
[ — "C <£>] indicates a situation
or phenomenon emerging ®
<£> phew (exclamation of relief)
^'L'T-Ь [&Л L/C•£>] be relieved @
gently, amiably
IT mother
О thing, something
~ $ X. even
1^15-6 [tJp/L L-6] feel
£ & ZPX [Л % Ъ < ] writhe
ibJL/Ь stand up
n|iM [A-Jd room
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ffi Л-] corner
crash forward
V»If & V1 be wrong ©
Ж' -b [Znx. & ] go home ®
9 U] suddenly
ft LTaHjT' [ < -Ь L&ZfT] start to feel
pain
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& /v/г1 = ~ & (7> Zp it’s hardly possible
that ~
ЛоФ] [йй&аб] torrential rain
76
МлЛ [l±Zf L] barefoot
Ж& [3'x.-?»] go home ®
Жд [(±'3] crawl
77
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— & if
зЙ-Ь [£> < &] see (someone) home
"C ’V’ Ъ do as a favor for (someone
of lower social status than oneself)
(NOTE: Expresses the speaker’s eager-
ness but sounds condescending.)
{П (<=» h’l inn
Fr. [&тН hill
-t [d Л] top
flwiLA' [itfcLA'] steep
•ttZ [$т5'] slope
9
[feG'J sash
Z> ib 'b loosen
[fi LI a little
i -5 ] lie down
i "H sober up
— tz *э 111V > it would be good if
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tt tb no good
Z. d 'T'Hldi V'' И it would be fine if I did
it this way
“You can hardly even walk. And it’s bucketing down.”
“I’ll go barefoot. I’ll crawl.”
“It’s not safe. If you want to leave, I’ll go with you.”
The inn was on the top of a hill and it was a steep slope.
“Why not loosen your sash a bit? Better to lie down a while
and sober up.”
“That’s no good. This is the way to do it. I always do this,”
said the woman, sitting up straight and puffing out her chest.
But she only found it hard to breathe. Opening the window she
tried to vomit, but nothing came. As she fought down the urge to
roll around on the floor, clutched at herself and just occasionally
pulled herself together enough to repeat, “I’ve got to go, got to
go,” it was soon after two in the morning.
feminine particle used with falling
intonation to soften an assertion
Жth -b [ & ] get used to
A" [43/v4'l woman
L A straight, upright
Й1-& sit
Ufa] & UE -S J puff out one’s
chest
M [V^] breath, breathing
[<& 1л’] painful, difficult
-ЧХ/р1 only, just
3S [J h'] window
zb open
lit *4 [l± < ] [volitional form in text] vomit
— even though one
tried to ~
Ж 'b [*C Z> ] come up, come out
IF £ tr [ЛЧ t L] clutch oneself
ItK'b [d 6roll around
Щfy- Z. X_ [ЙЧХ ъл-S] suppress
<Ь $ ]£ state, spectacle
Ш < [о-o’< ] continue
ffij% [h £ £] sometimes
[t > L,] will, willpower
rouse
Ш 0 iKT [ < 0 й'х.’Г] repeat
at some point
Йi2Hi [Г<Л1: t] 2 a.m.
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® face
Hfrlt&l turn away
B-t [й‘ < -H hide
'iC [£;Л4‘] woman
[ t o-t?A,] suddenly
ili L <C [l±lf L < ] fiercely, aggressively
# [< tCXS] lip
iIiT [о £ ZfT] stick out
L 75' L- however
CO {Й [•£О d* •?• О $j t ] afterward
Ж 11? L 6 ] rather
o d ] pain, torment
ilf X. & [ 7 о Zz Л -a ] complain about
ей a [ d Ъ X* 11 nonsensical babble
V't J be wrong ®
—<7) feminine particle used with falling
intonation to soften an assertion ®
[ishtZrt,] polite friend
let’s
~ "C indicates reported speech ®
do о L •b honorific say
С & И be, it’s a fact that ~
лЙ’х [v"s t’l many times
*9 [ < *1 й'АТ] repeat
L H -6 be able to know
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SHt [ L i b] Shimamura
[LXltA4'J serious, earnest
[ & Vs § ] sou nd, ring
[ d °] [passive form in text] strike
fhe woman had turned away to hide her face, but soon thrust
her lips toward him, suddenly and fiercely. Then as if moaning
in a delirium of pain:
“We shouldn’t. We shouldn’t. You were the one who said ‘Let’s
just be friends,’” she repeated countless times.
Struck by the seriousness in her voice and the strength of will
evident in her frowning determination to control herself, Shimura
felt rather bored, and his interest waned. It even occurred to him
to maybe keep his promise to the woman.
“I have no regrets. None at all. It’s just that I’m not that kind
of woman. That’s not the sort of woman I am. You were the one
who said it could never last.” She was half-numb with liquor.
Ml forehead
МиТ?) [Lb/cT-b] wrinkle
frown,
grimace
И IC] assiduously
f] [ C-£/v] herself, oneself
ЭД1Х.-& [is $ restrain, hold back
аЗАсЛ [v'Ljwill
!Й> $ [-s> X $ 1 strength
t It & и] irksome, dull
[ L bitlose interest
— <L to the extent that -
A’ Лwoman ®
&1Ж [^ < -? < 1 promise
-6 [ ± £> ] [volitional form in text] keep (a
promise)
~ (6) ? £> even whether or not
to ~
U' ] consider
& [bfcL] i@
& АДС <Z) & И there is noth-
ing-
is LV' [£> La'] regrettable ®
feminine particle combination
used to soften an assertion ®
definitely... not
о certainly
с* T ?> continue
<&) tz FAMILIAR you
Й yourself
Ж ') [v* 9 1 say, speak
8^ 14 [ J: v>] drunkenness
half
[LOTU] benumb
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[b^>и] bad @
~bi feminine particle combination
used to express a belief
Ibbt: FAMILIAR yOll ©
— <Z) i. feminine particle combination
used to soften an assertion @
Д It Z> [i lt&] lose
[ibijweak
П7Ё-6 [< £>(i'L i>} babble, run on
i -6 Cl C? joy
£ ft* b d resist, oppose
sleeve
75't? bite
11 £> [ $ й£«Ь <t <Ь ] become dispir-
ited, be let down
V^tl as though
[L^*75'4*] quiet
<h suddenly, unexpectedly
АУЛ"»111’t’ [is Ь V'ZfT] remember, recall
[^ T] stab
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— feminine particle combination
that functions as a tag question ©
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’CJCDLi&V'k = ~'CiiV'‘7^V' EMPHATIC
not be---ing
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internally
[v^i] now
“I’m not doing anything wrong. It’s you. You lost. You’re the
weak one. Not me.” She babbled on, biting her sleeve to muffle
her delight.
For a while she was quiet, seemingly dazed, then, as if she had
suddenly remembered something, she said sharply:
“You don’t respect me, do you? You think I’m a joke.”
“No, I do not.”
“Deep inside, you don’t take me seriously, do you? Even if
you’re not laughing at me now, I bet you will later.” The woman
rolled over onto her front and sobbed.
i? 'D h definitely
[гЬ 11?] afterward
feminine particle used to soften an
assertion
& [й Л woman
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’L'-tt & < ] weep
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ii£<?’t- [T <X] soon
?i i? 1Etr [ & cj -tJtr] stop crying
Й 5E [ IS A A] oneself, herself
abX^d pair oneself off, matchmake
[JbA‘o Ac'J soft, tender
Л-^'Эо'Х.^ [C? t & о <j <1 <] amiably
iirn in great detail
^<Z)_E [Aco 9 x_] personal affairs
hSLi'B'E [<±&L/c~H start to talk
[<h>] drunkenness
L $ [ < <6 L £ ] discomfort, pain
^StL-Ь [b'tlr-6] forget
i^lt <b ] disappear, leave one
Ct (D Z. L ] events of the
moment
Lt E <1 t & ~ ?£ V ' not a single word
[лЛС] mention
h feminine oh my! (exclamation of
concern)
&g& [isiifr L] polite talk
[(?£> vj> izti -Z>] become
engrossed
о t t — & V > not in the slightest
jiH -6 [ L •& ] know
— Ъ feminine particle used to soften an
assertion
ii (i Ah"(i] now, presently
IJjot mimetic dazedly, dreamily
t? [13.11.x.td smile
[ X ] night
fol} Z> break (of night)
~ IC [preceded by a negative] before
But she soon stopped crying and started to talk all about
herself in a relaxed, friendly manner, as if providing a personal
profile to a suitor. Her drunken discomfort was apparently gone
and forgotten. She did not say a word about what had just hap-
pened.
“Look at that! I was so busy talking, I lost track of the time.”
She smiled dreamily.
She had to get home before daybreak, she said.
“It’s still dark. But the people around here are early risers,”
she said, getting to her feet again and again to open the window
and peek outside.
“1 still can’t see anyone around. It’s raining this morning, so
no one will be going out to the fields.”
Ж-& -6] return home
?<£ G & V* ought to
Ж 9 L'dlsay
Ж [й'й] face
ЛЛ-Ь [<& Л be visible
ЖВД [Цthis morning
|$j [&Ф] rain
nlfi — & Vл [ Zc ft b — 4' v'] nobody
HJ [Zc] field, rice paddy
Ж ["C<5>] go out to
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Al feminine particle combination
that functions as a tag question ®
jZl h ] vicinity, neighborhood
Л [O t] person @
getting up early
~<Z) feminine particle used with falling
intonation to soften an assertion
тЙЙГ [vi < k't ] repeatedly
± [Zr ] get up
t’J window
faitopen
T fA & to see what it is like
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~<Z)ZkZ'“l- in
]и] ') [ t? С. о ] opposite, over there
ill [4J i ] mountain
Ж M' f> t ] foot (of a mountain)
ЖШ KJfi] roof
[TtOjZz] shape, appearance
Cf Ж "t" [•)!)' 0K'Zz "f 1 come into view,
start to show' themselves
[Й Zu 4'] woman ®
Й.'З- [&Зэ’Н tidy up
ЖН [ L f t? й] Shimamura ®
Al^J [if A A/v] entrance, doorway
j£-6 [£<&] [volitional form in text] see off
— (•?>) d t "1*?> be about to ~
О £> although
AR [t>had] public attention
Stl -S [fif-tiS] fear
Ъ Ze Zz L hastily
j^lf-b [(Zif&l run away
~JA“C [O'hH'] alone, by oneself
AL A 1) 1-- *( I' [ Л. f> £ !) L <( V'] hard t&lftH'A [«dlfZzT] sneak away
to get up and go aw'ay
Ш [<J tl inn
— "C It <s Htn<] indicates movement
A [ (7 <h] person
away from the speaker
fecf-S [f> £ >£] get up
ill I £ x. ] before
[ZnA] hair @
A o suddenly
® [/nfj] face
I'.iy-2> [&lf&] lift up
Even after the mountains opposite and the roofs of the houses
at their foot became visible through the rain, the woman still
seemed reluctant to leave. She fixed her hair before the inn staff
got up, and though Shimamura offered to take her down to the
hallway, the thought of being seen terrified her, so she slipped
off by herself in a panicky escape.
When the woman abruptly raised her head, Shimamura could
see through the thick white make-up that her face was red from
her eyelids down along the sides of her nose, where it had been
pressing against his hand. The mark evoked the cold of the nights
in the snow country, but somehow it felt warm too because of
the sheer blackness of her hair.
Ж ['С со Оъ] palm of the hand
press against
[tt-L/c] eyelid
extending from ~
to ~
Й [!±&] nose
x ? Zhb] both sides
tr] turn red
[cvj thick
l l'fe' L6t'] make-up
"-Oy Ж L T [~£'kb LX] through
Л Л •£> [Л- x. Z> ] be visible
£<"<-] snow country
[X6] night
?tj /L $ [о Л Zt $ ] coldness
L 91 [causative form in text] think
about
fe [c'6] color
Ж [< 6] black
i/iJtV'' ['□it'] Strong
[гЬЛг/гй'С'] warm
& CO thing, something
E & [b/L L6 J [spontaneous form in text]
feel
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E*r&3£V'‘ [Лк < 6vj suppressed
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%> [ 9 Ъ ] wear (an expression)
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MV'ili't' [fe £> v/JT] remember, recall
±&-C~<z> £ 9 seem literally as if
Hbtt [L£trt] Shimamura
[<11 (±’J word, remark
[й’ОСх] she
[^'bfc'l body
tt/vfzAs gradually
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'"Ct^ <( indicates an increase in ten-
dency
nant
9 hang one’s head
[Л 0] collar
"L leave open
back
^V'» [£>jjeb>] red
ЙХ.'Ь [&X.-5] be visible
& ii & ;£ L <( vividly, freshly
[a&ftfc] wet, moist
$' [!±Zf^] nakedness
Ш T [tr Zzi"] expose
[й'А] hair
[и-б] color
fii! и" [ 1± v1 CT d ] harmony, combination
— О tz I- because of
fnj [&й] more, further
There were the radiant beginnings of a smile on her face. As she
smiled, it could be she was recalling “that time,” for Shimamura’s
words seemed literally to be seeping into her body like dye. Her
collar was pulled back at the nape, so when she hung her head
in a fit of pique he saw that she had flushed red all the way
down to her back. It was as if she had exposed her nakedness
in all its moist freshness. Maybe the contrast with the color of
her hair made the impression even stronger. It was not that the
hair pulled back from her forehead was fine or luxuriant; the
individual strands were thick like a man’s, not a single lock was
out of place, and it had a heavy sheen like some black mineral.
it [Ой'* 1)] sheen
О [4э t d ] [spontaneous form in text]
think, fee!
L ft & И maybe
И 51 [ £ hair at the front of the
head
"С [ C £ fr < ] finely
[l±x_-s>£ £>] grow thick
'— fc V' it is not that ~
[it'f C] hair
[й h Cl] man
~<^fi И {C like
>kV'1 [^ti'] thick
f^ft^; [& < tuf] stray hair
[0- not a single one
tJp some, some kind of
ffiV' [<т>и] black
[ Cl т Xo] mineral
[io t о fco] heavy
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^$-0^ [U § о g] just a little while
ago
T* [T] hand
IMlH-b [A ft <6] touch
ItjZcV' [oaOZrvJcold
[ АЛ-] hair @
iVJid'C [li СЙТ] for the first time
t/o *( 0 "t* -b be surprised
Ж Ж [Zi'/vg] chill
— CD•£ V» due to, the fault of ®
— %: CD 0) the thing itself
[i?ib л-Ь] feel
£u ЭД* [ L i й £> ] Shimamura
[4*look again at
A' [isA4*] woman
sAi'W'tU [^Zroi'Zr] tabletop of a kotatsu
~0_Ь'С [—60') л "C l atop, on top of
Ih&JJtO li [Ф^^й0{±ей2>]
start to count on one’s fingers
И not readily
^<6 [4оЪ-Ь ] finish
99
& [Z»'A E x d i~&] count, cal-
culate
KfK [ £ < 1 ask
[Zf i Z>] say nothing
L li b < for a while
|нФт О Ъ I^tFiS 0 count
on one’s fingers
100
7±J^ [z.'t5j-u] May
[1:£>фэ $АДг*>] the 23rd
101
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Realizing that the surprise he’d felt when he touched such
cold hair for the first time was not due to its coldness but to the
nature of the hair itself, Shimamura scrutinized it afresh. The
woman then started to count her fingers on top of the kotatsu.
It went on and on.
“What are you counting?” he asked, but she said nothing and
just kept on counting in silence.
“It was the twenty-third of May.”
“Ah, I see. So you were counting the number of days. July and
August are two long months in a row.”
“This is the one-hundred and ninety-ninth day, you know.
Today’s exactly the hundred and ninety-ninth day.”
“It’s the midnight train for Tokyo.” At the sound of the train’s
whistle
H Й [U о "Г ') ] number of days
count
= —ТиХт
LJ] [L%t5''-o] July
/UJ [i±X>75s"^>] August
X [Лги] largeness (of long months with
31 days)
ЯХ ['Э-'З < ] come in succession
[$ С X.&] be audible
14 tit [ T £ ] steam whistle
Ю2
’ЁЭ Л.+A13 И
U £>36] the 199th day ®
feminine particle used to soften an
assertion ®
103
[H1-1 13] midnight
..t. 0 [t9(J •)) going “up” to Tokyo
НУ [t ^] time, moment
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X^ilcotiX, ^l±i'J;HJ;iS< ®ofe£?££>Zzo
AL^b !'.%> [Z:t>ab^s-6] stand up
® V^'^J 0 [£> & V' § l) ] without restraint
[ b Ad?d ('] roughly
l^f [й'Л Litt) shoji, paper screen
ij’ ~7 X P [#7 Xt!] sliding glass door
$) It •?> open
[ft ] railing
[tO'^Zc] body
txlt '^lt-Ь [#lfoit 6] throw against
?чЖ L-fl steam locomotive
Wg* [OC/^1 sound
Ж$75'-Ь [tdaif^S] become distant
ЧС^М as®
[X й'Ч?] night wind
Iff] Л C x.Z>] be audible, sound
i> t4 MASCULINE hey!
cf the moment (one does something),
just when
® [i tj window
®^4t <& [CL L.^4t^>] sit down
[•£ tri'] cold
~ L ’t’ aS V ”»it’s ~, don’t you know
it’s ~
HjUU [(±“й'] idiot
[ I- S tr b ] Shimamura
<иЖ [fiv1 гП cold air
п^Ш [^Ч3] room
in one go, at a time
Жtl ji t? [ ?£ Asit d tr] flow in
stand up
[~"Cv> < ] indicates movement
away from the narrator
Ж [Ji'-tf] wind
she sprang to her feet, tore open the shoji and window, flung
herself against the railings and sat down on the window sill.
Cold air surged into the room immediately. The train sounded
like the night wind as it faded into the distance.
“Hey, you idiot, it’s freezing.” Shimamura got up and went
over to the window, but there was no wind.
The austere nighttime landscape was ringing to its depths,
it seemed, with the sound of the great expanse of snow freez-
ing. There was no moon. The number of stars was incredible.
Looking at them, they shone so brightly that they seemed to be
falling earthward at a hopeless speed. As the clusters of stars
became clearer, the sky took on the color of night to ever-greater
distances.
106
—U A,] surface, sheet
=t [^ § ] snow
(Ж [ C. jo о < ] freeze hard
eF [t5L] sound
№ [td earth, ground
] deep
4ft-?) [&&] ring
IfcLA' [#t/Lt)] severe
Tkln It t)] night view
Л [o 1 the moon
9 IC -71'] unbelievably
[jojoV)] numerous
Ш [13 L] stars ®
[ЛдЫТ?>] look up at
/S.LV) [tri: Lt'] futile, vain
tp-$ [ii-’S’ci] speed
[jo -6] fall con-
tinuously
® 9 [is L 9 ] [spontaneous form in text]
think, feel
L to the extent that ~
vividly, brightly
T? i? Ш [ 9 "C ?> 1 appear (in the sky)
[£H1] cluster
0 [г£] eye
Й9'< [ "L < ] come close
[~X < ?>] indicates movement
toward the narrator
?£[-££)] sky
i V) X more and more
Ж <( [ L ts < ] far away
fk [ <£ -b ] night
fe [иА>] color
?> ] deepen
0 ft ft
o tz Ж 1 П X? <£> o
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Hllll [^iTi] mountains ®
Ж & 9 [^'§ & 0 ] overlapping, layering
ЙЛН1 *b H"T' [ЛЬIt LHT] be unable
to distinguish
-f-COZpfc 9 instead
that much
Ж.& [t> <Za] weight
*TtH<Z> [Zcfl-S] hang down
all
[*x_LTЬ/г] clear
and calm
ЖА1 [L x 9 Ы harmony
ЕШЛНННИИНВ
fill [ L i tr t>] Shimamura ®
*s < ] get closer
Ш [ L -5] notice, realize
[Ь'Л’Ы woman
КТО] rail
[T^a] chest
о {Ictir -b [•9>o^-tt^>] press flat
against
St# L $ [ J: T J: b L 51 weakness
9 V' 9 this kind of
[x £>] evening, night
[liv'ltv'l background
«X ti i 9 more than this
ДЙИ^' С. stubborn
<7) thing, something ®
[Тй£Л:] form, figure
i tz again?
<S. 9 [t5 t 9 ] think
108
L Z1' L however
fe [l'^] color ®
74 ЖШЯ'
You could no longer make out the vistas of mountain upon
mountain in the border range; instead they looked like one heavy,
sagging mass. Everything was clear, calm and harmonious.
When the woman realized that Shimamura was coming over,
she hung forward over the rail from her chest. It was not a sign of
weakness. Set against a night like this, it was a pose of invincible
obstinacy. Here we go again, thought Shimamura to himself.
Black though the mountain ranges were, for some strange rea-
son they looked as brilliant and as white as snow. He had a sense
that the mountains were diaphanous and melancholy things. The
sky and the mountains were not in harmony after all.
“Close the window.”
[<6V>] black
— bf despite ~
t'd L/ciiT’A/O1 for some strange
reason
c? vividly
ЙИ [ L ё ] white snow
JiL Л & [& x. ] appear
? “T t whereupon
[ h 7 transparent
Ж L V [ $ [/ L v'] lonely, forlorn
ItSE-b [Z?'* Z- L2. ^> ] [spontaneous form in text]
feel
h”] window
ЕЙ-?) shut
< ft [imperative form] blunt, masculine
please
[~T <£>] indicates a condi-
tion coming into effect
rn sky
111 mountain
lilnlffl'f -b [t> £ 9 harmonize
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^°V^t onomatopoeic describes a high-
pitched sound
[Й t make a sound
ljctf-Ь HZ] crack, fail
C [3 b/z <] emit light
ft [trfj] village
[t> A L t$ ] Shinto deity, tutelary god
[T t'lf-1^ L] cedar grove
K< [tHT] shadow, behind
Ф1<£ [&ЙЧХ] half
P,bUT-& [Zp< tL&] conceal
ЙШ&Ж [Lf-? L^] car
И5Ь/ё.1о'Ж [ISv^j-S^Z-zA:tb*^] taking
under ten minutes
£Tl/< [ <h d j5‘] light
Ж $ [ ? tr $ ] coldness
~ <0 Zs ib due to
112
iX. [£A&] woman ®
Ж [й'-fe] face
ic?» It t] window
if 7 glass
Й [ tzKAj oneself, himself
h’"C G padded dressing gown
till sleeve
Ж {<]hand
filll[ЛHZ] touch
£> О thing, something
[<&&] everything
“Let me stay here a little longer.”
The village was half-hidden by the black bulk of the cedar
grove of the shrine. Not ten minutes away by car, its lights seemed
to emit a high-pitched hum as they blinked weakly in the cold.
The woman's face; the glass of the window; the sleeves of his
padded kimono—whatever he touched, it seemed to Shimamura
that he had never experienced such cold before.
The tatami began to get cold beneath his feet, so he made as
if to go to the bath alone.
“Wait a minute. I’ll come too.” The woman followed him
tamely this time.
Just as the woman was putting his cast-off clothes into a basket,
SH [Litrb] Shimamura
Zz $ [ о «6 Ze $ ] coldness
[i± С*Ь“С] the first time
d [£&•')] [spontaneous form in text]
think, feel
/Л [& L] feet
— [~’C < Zi e i'] please
& [bZ:L] I
fr < [v' < ] go
[Z./I ifli] this time
ЖЙ1- mildly, obediently
[-оv'T <-Ь] follow, accom-
pany
— (7)TO [—<Z> LZ:<X>] beneath
'h: [Ze Z:<&] tatami mat
Л -b [ U x. -S ] grow cold
— 'CJk-b [~*C < -6] indicates a situation
or phenomenon emerging
— AT [tZh *9 T] by oneself, alone
[&Ф] hot bath
IT “C < 1 [volitional form in text] go
— (Z.) hT-bbe about to ~
115
[Z'H] he
ИЙ. c? b T" [sb Z> T] fling off (cloth-
ing)
& О thing
[AZctUXCl] clothes basket
Шх.'Ь [-??>x.£>] arrange
^6 moment
114
wait
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n9> rSELnfcoJ h /го
')j [й£3] man
7Й [ к t *9 -y < ] overnight guest
A-Ь [!±i'<6] enter
— [—<<£>] indicates movement
toward the narrator
J-uft [ L i tr G] Shimamura @
1Й [tj'fa] chest
~<А)ВД [~-O'£ Л] before, in front of
"t* <\ t? quail, cringe
/Щ [^’.fc] face
Kf.’t' [Й1 < ?] hide
к [ЙА&] woman ®
*s [ 5 < ] notice
i) o oh
[ LoftA* excuse me
X over there
1й' [1Ф] hot bath
[(±и/5] get into
i o $ 13. immediately, at once
Tad [t'djsay®
[idZf?5'<7) £ naked as he was
S‘LH?S [<&Zfit!3f3.] clothes basket
1ЙЛ-Ь hold
|!H 0 [ t & 19 ] next door
[ J3 К, 1Ф ] women’s bath
— [~0(3d'4J in the direction of
11 < [v'<]go
Mriiw [ tz 6 Aj naturally, of course
d o' looking like a mar-
ried couple
[оV'T < follow, accom-
pany
another man staying at the inn came in. But when he noticed
the woman cowering up against Shimamura’s chest and hiding
her face, he said:
“Oh, I do beg your pardon.”
“Not at all. Come on in. We’ll go to the other bath,” replied
Shimamura briskly, and, still naked, picked up the basket and
went into the women’s bath next door. The woman followed,
looking every inch his wife. Shimamura said nothing and leaped
into the bath without so much as a glance at her. In his content-
ment, he felt a loud laugh welling up in his throat, so he put his
mouth to the tap and gargled coarsely.
Once they were back in the room, the woman, who had lain
down, raised her head slightly and tugged at the hair on the side
of her head with her little finger.
“I feel miserable” was all she said.
[A: -Ы say nothing
kLTl- [do h L Л’Ти] without look-
ing around
?пп.Ж [£> A,-tfAj hot spring
Attr [ t tr] leap into
?> [do A, L А/'t &] be relieved, feel
at ease
[Лгй'Ъ LA'] loud laugh
[ 3 <&db It S] well up
~Ж-b <&] indicates a condi-
tion coming into effect
<%] tap, faucet
U [ < t>] mouth
сЬТ-Z) place against
[do oo I?<] roughly
[ d -6] gargle
Ж & [&£?'&] return to
ШЧ’Т'Ь [ t hy down
TT [ < C/] head
IfX [т5*й <] lightly
[d й1'!’] lift up
[LFAJ locks of hair on side of the face
/Ын [C v9> little finger
[{>*><ЫГ£] pickup
j&tLA' [й‘£ LA1] sad
— Ъ feminine particle used to soften an
assertion
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СЛ <h a single word
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ЖИ [<6v>] black
HR [Й] eye
M [4-ЙЧ11 half
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[Ъй'^йЧ close up
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eyelash
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b*i| ' [jO'ZeV'] stiff
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ii [jot] sound
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[ФЛ5'£а£>-?>] wake up
rtf [4эСЛ] sash
job&] finish tying
Иo [Zeo] stand up
[Т Ъ<Ь] sit down
•f" 9 LT and then
[if] window
[—-<£>fid 1 the direction of
only
JiL^b [Л-Ъ] look
Jj* с? [й1 -Ь [& S i> ] walk around ®
iii'fTSiW [JtJ^ ? fi nocturnal
animal
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that woke Shimamura.
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sitting down again, and walking around always looking toward
the window. It was the restlessness of a nocturnal animal pac-
ing about in agitation, fearing the onset of the morning. There
seemed to be a strange wildness building inside her.
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fro, he was able to make out the red of her cheeks. Shimamura
found himself mesmerized by the astoundingly fresh red color.
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assertion @
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P&t [£ht] remove
4A [bZzLlI
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l£l C [i* <“] immediately, instantly
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(2°о Ъ mimetic turn warm
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tion coming into effect
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[#>75'^i V'] bright
~“C L ') expresses with regret the
completion of process
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d ] that way
Й-Ь [АЬ] look
O' i <2 t suddenly
shrug one’s
shoulders
1Й [/Wr A] mirror ®
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I get into bed, I get warm right down to the tips of my toes.” She
settled herself in front of the mirror-stand by the pillow.
“Well, it’s daylight now. I’ve got to go home.”
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ders. The immaculate white glowing in the depths of the mirror
was snow. And floating in the midst of that snow were the bright
red cheeks of the woman. There was something indescribably
pure about the beauty of it.
Perhaps because the sun was rising, the snow in the mirror
was glowing more fiercely, as though it were burning coldly. At
the same time, the woman’s brilliant black hair with its purple
gleam grew brighter against the snow.
M [is < ] depth
ЖЙ [S о L-X 'S L-6] perfect white
shine
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i>] cheek
[ 9 appear, float ®
Л t i И ii t f и х.й] inex-
pressible
pure, clean
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— [~T <&] indicates a situation
or phenomenon emerging
as, together with
5c [?$'&] hair
ifo fresh, vivid
0 [t>* |q $ 0 ] purple sheen
Ж [<г>] black
X>-S] strengthen
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rise
<] coldly
[tx.&] burn
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tuT" increase
YUKIO MISHIMA
(1925-1970)
Oscar Wilde famously claimed to have put his genius into his life
rather than his art. Yukio Mishima seems to have successfully put
his genius into both. In the course of his short life, he produced forty
novels, twenty volumes of short stories and eighteen plays, while also
finding the time to act in films, direct plays, travel the world, and
practice kendo, boxing and bodybuilding. This multifaceted hyper-
activity certainly makes Mishima into the most fascinating literary
personality of twentieth-century Japan, if not its greatest writer. After
all, how else can one account for him being the subject of multiple
English-language biographies, a feature-length movie (Paul Schrader’s
Mishima) and a punk rock song (The Stranglers’ “Death & Night &
Blood”)?
Kimitake Hiraoka—Yukio Mishima was a pen name the young
writer assumed for the serialization of his first major work at age six-
teen—was born in Tokyo in 1925. Taken from his mother when only
a few weeks old, the infant Mishima was brought up in a shuttered
room by his sickly and mentally unstable grandmother, Natsu, for
the first twelve years of his life. When worsening health forced her to
relinquish the boy to her daughter-in-law, mother and son compen-
sated for years of enforced separation by becoming almost unnaturally
close. The strain of morbidity that runs throughout Mishima’s work
probably has its origins in the unwholesome emotional hothouse that
was his childhood.
At the aristocratic Peers’ School, Mishima started contributing to
the student magazine from the age of twelve, and his first book was
published in 1944, when he was nineteen and war was still raging.
Despite these signs of literary promise, the young Mishima bowed
to the wishes of his civil-servant father and enrolled in the law fac-
ulty of Tokyo Imperial University. Upon graduating in 1947, he again
went along with his father by taking the exam for the elite Minis-
try of Finance, working there for nine months before resigning to
become a full-time writer. The result was Confessions of a Mask, an
autobiographical novel in which he dissected himself, revealing his
homosexuality and his preoccupation with violent death. The book,
published in July 1949, turned Mishima into a celebrity overnight.
The pattern of his life was now set and he began to churn out novels,
plays and essays, working from midnight to dawn with the iron self-
discipline of the bureaucrat he had so nearly become.
A 1952 journey to Greece was a conscious effort on Mishima’s part
to break away from the obsession with death and darkness found in
early works like Thirst for Love and Forbidden Colors. The trip resulted
in The Sound of Waves, a reworking of the Daphnis and Chloe myth
that John Nathan (1974, 121) describes as “the only love story Mishima
ever wrote that was neither perverted nor sardonic.” The year 1956
witnessed the publication of The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, often
regarded as his finest novel.
In 1958, Mishima married Yoko Sugiyama, with Yasunari Kawabata
acting as best man. Kydko’s House, published the next year, was his
first critical failure. The characters—a businessman who looks back
with nostalgia to the omnipresence of death during the war, a failed
boxer who joins a group of right-wing extremists, and an actor fix-
ated on suicide—are seen as prefiguring the direction Mishima’s life
was about to take.
Mishima did much of his best work as a playwright in the 1960s,
when his fiction began to lose out in the face of competition from
new authors like Kobo Abe and Kenzaburo Oe. Wracked with stu-
dent riots, Japan veered off to the left, but Mishima went in quite
the opposite direction, whether in short stories like the militaristic
“Patriotism” or in essays like “The Voice of the Hero Spirits,” where
the ghosts of kamikaze pilots reprove the emperor for having forsworn
his divinity.
On November 25, 1970, after leaving the final installment of The
Sea of Fertility tetralogy for his publisher at the entrance to his house,
Mishima set out for the Eastern Army HQ in Ichigaya, Tokyo, with
four companions from the Shield Society, the private army he had
set up two years earlier. First taking a general hostage, Mishima went
out onto the balcony overlooking the parade ground to urge the Self-
Defense Forces to rise up, march on the Diet and force a revision of
Japan’s pacifist constitution. His proposals, barely audible above the
buzzing of the media helicopters, were met with jeers. Mishima then
retreated indoors and killed himself by slicing open his stomach in an
act of ritual suicide. “The Romantic showman chose to die as he had
lived,” remarked Gore Vidal acidly, “in a blaze of publicity” (Vidal
1971).
Why Mishima chose to die remains something of a mystery. Did
he want to express his rejection of postwar prosperity and a yearn-
ing for Japan’s heroic imperial past? Was he simply peeved at not
having been awarded the Nobel Prize for which he had been thrice
nominated? Did he have the sense that he had written himself dry?
Or was dying with extreme violence surrounded by younger men
simply a sadomasochistic fantasy that he was eager to act out on the
public stage?
Even in death Mishima remains a controversial figure, with some
critics dismissing him as a “В-list author with one topic, himself”
(quoted in Ross 2006, 24), while others praise him as “one of the most
important writers of the post-war era” (Washburn 2001, 213). None-
theless, the international book-buying public continues to respond
to the compelling intensity of his storytelling and the famously rich
beauty of his prose style.
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Patriotism
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
n November 25,1970, Mishima committed hara-kiri after his impas-
sioned appeal to the Self-Defense Forces to march on the Diet and
restore the imperial system was met with derision. Ten years earlier,
he had written this story: based on a real incident in February 1936, it
describes the ritual suicide of an army lieutenant whose officer comrades
stage a mutiny in the emperor’s name only to find themselves repudiated
by him. "Patriotism" is thus not only the most exquisite and excruciating
expression of Mishima's own lifelong death wish, it also served as the
template for his own suicide. Mishima directed and starred in a twenty-
eight-minute film version of "Patriotism" in 1965, and—if Ryutaro, a self-
professed former male lover of his, is to be believed (Ross 2006)—playing
at pretend hara-kiri, with a bunch of red ribbons standing in for blood and
guts, was. among his favorite erotic games. With its long, imagery-laden
sentences and its sustained loftiness of tone, "Patriotism" is much closer
to an extended prose poem—part epithalamium, part elegy—than to a
conventional short story.
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Shinji (man’s name)
ФМ [Л> ф ? v>] lieutenant
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On the twenty-eighth of February, 1936 (the third day, in other
words, of the February 26 Incident), Lieutenant Takeyama Shinji
of the First Regiment of the Imperial Guard—whose anxiety
about his close friends being part of the mutinous force had
been growing from the start of the affair, and who was indignant
at the inevitability of the Imperial Army having to turn its fire
upon its own kind—used his army sword to commit suicide by
disembowelment in the eight-mat room of his house in block six
of Aoba-cho in Yotsuya. His wife, Reiko, followed her husband,
stabbing herself to death.
Yotsuya Ward (in
Tokyo)
[i>f>(i't> i 9 A < ] block six of
Aoba-cho
Й Ж [ 15 Zc < ] private home
A'x£COll'J [lit, 15 л 9 Oi] eight-tatami-
mat room
in
Ж 73 [ <”A h 9 1 military sword
[—A t o "5 ] by means of, with
[й'-э Л; < I5?o] suicide by
disembowelment
Ж13 -b [t lf£>] go through with
W7" [tiA'C] Reiko (woman’s given
name)
А Л [А 15 A] wife, married lady
A [^ Ze] also, and
AS [A < Al honorific husband
— [~U 15 Ф A 15&] follow (to
the grave)
fl 73 [15 C A] stabbing oneself
If tZ 0 [ t If tz 0 ] ARCHAIC went
through with
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Ж W [v' L x ] final note (left behind after
one dies) @
Я [ZrZf] just
—'hj [v'o < ] one phrase
~-<Z)c^ only
Ж Ж [! d <”A] Imperial Army
A Ш [IfAtfi1] long live ... !
-ftf -?> [ v' О %> ] pray
— c 3o £> be written
ЖА [Л. IL/v] wife, married lady ®
ЖШ [*) x ? LA] parents
[ё ё Zf"?] precede in death
[AC j I lack of filial piety
(7; -?> [ Ъ t>' <6 ] beg pardon for
Ж A [ <'A LA] soldier
W i] wife
~ <h L "C in one’s role as
Ж [ E? Zz i> ] come
as a matter of course
0 [ tZ] day
V'-?>] humble come, go
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gddt 0 [ § -tf 0 ] archaic had written
[Но^НоЛ?] virtuous hus-
band and wife
[ $ v > г.'] end, death
ify I- [ i i 113] truly, indeed
Ж"?1!1 [§UA]gods
— L "C indicates the object of a causa-
tive verb
[Zit^'Ltr] archaic cause to
weep
~<7)ЖзЬ 0 ] archaic have
the look of, reminded one of
й<&(^ 1^>^Л(з] by the way, inciden-
tally
The lieutenant’s final note consisted of only a single phrase: “May
the Imperial Army last forever ” Apologizing to her parents for
her want of piety in preceding them to the grave, his wife’s note
stated in short: “The day that inevitably comes for a soldier’s
wife has come.” The last moments of this virtuous couple were
truly enough to make even the gods weep. Incidentally, when
they died, the lieutenant was thirty and his wife twenty-three,
and not yet half a year had passed since they had celebrated
their marriage.
ЖТ [ £ J: 9 fa Az] person’s age at death
ЗЕТШ 30 years old
[(3 Ct® 9 23 years old
[й1 L. <t < (ТЭТA/] marriage
ceremony
[«foli'L] archaic had celebrated,
had had
~ X since
[li/vt L-] half a year
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yet been filled
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ФМ [t> и» о и] lieutenant ®
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[? AHo-f Aj attend
A [Oh] person®
t) ?> A of course
jjfr®W$W [LAAdLAA]newly wed
couple
[£ fa A L-^ LA] commemora-
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A* [ О'й Л О С x ] beautiful couple
with the style of ~
ЙС&ЬТ [#>£>/:£)'£] again, anew
!u^POI<Z)}“ [й'ААAcOClx_] exclamation
of wonder
i$L1s>'t' [L^T] utter
'Ф-ЖШ (<'A^ < Тй5Л1] appearance in
military uniform
Ж- 7J [ <* A t d ] military sword
Ai^- [ О Л5 0 T ] left hand
C [° < ] touch
[А ^'"С] right hand
)1ЙС [A< ] take off
ЖФЙ [ CAIS')) military cap
4дНТ [tJlf-Ь] carry
Ш A L 1 [fafa L < ] heroically, bravely
0i‘[!’V'O*i] bride
Uli ? [й'1Хd ] defend, shield
j£o [£o] stand
i 2 к IZ truly, indeed
LV' [0 L.V'1 imposing, manly
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It was not just those who had attended Lieutenant Takeyama’s
wedding ceremony, but even people who were simply shown the
commemorative photograph of the bride and bridegroom: every-
one invariably let out a gasp of astonishment at their beauty.
Dressed in his military uniform, his left hand resting on his
sword and his doffed cap clasped in his right, the lieutenant stood
valiant and protective of his bride. His commanding features,
thick eyebrows, and wide-open eyes expressed all the purity and
bravery of youth. The beauty of the bride, attired in a long, white
outer robe, was beyond compare. Both sensuality and nobility
were evident in her eyes, round under gentle brows, in her deli-
cate, shapely nose and in her full lips.
(Й! V. ] features (of the face)
V > IC t >] thick, dense
11 &Ф] eyebrow @
Л1 $ < ] widely
Z*- О [passive form in text] open (one’s
eyes) wide
Uni pupil, eye
нi f|’- [-ttV'iiaA/] young man
t)' $ [ $ J; fr $ ] purity, clarity
V' $ X $ bravery, righteousness
well
show, express
ЖЫ [ L A,.£] bride
f~I V' [ L -5 vj white
[d appearance
when dressed in an outer robe
=jt‘ L d [ •? о < L- 5 ] beauty
archaic beyond comparison
$ L V' gentle
b (D I—О LZcO] beneath
6 & round
В [Й>] eye
0 L tz slender, fine
J; V'] shapely
[ti&l nose
Л» <( rich, plump
W [< W&) lip
sensual beauty
йЙ [ 3 d ] nobility
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two things)
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fall [-€"C] sleeve
<£> *q H & appear
Ш [f> d t'l folding fan
Ш -6 [ IC §' £> ] grip, hold
Juyt [b<W£ ] fingertip
$ЙЙН1- [-£ A $ v41J delicately
Ш A гЬ [-?-^Л %>] arrange, layout
— "С|Е< [~Ti> < ] and leave as is
(S' ffi [Ф 9 4з] moonflower
bud
Я. Л ?> [<&• X. & ] appear, look
11Д [a>Zc <9 ] the two of them, they ®
CA] stabbing oneself
Д-^ [О к C7t ] people
‘Ц-[ L <j L A] photograph
h 19 Д pick up
£] gaze at
d L Л1 this sort of
Ф L^O’ScV' d LAAO^V'] fault-
less, flawless
^cLk' [•) s> < Lt J beautiful
[Zc A t 4 ] man and woman
[tr’i'C/'O §] union
inauspicious
CO thing, something
ri'/v4? V ‘& [A < A"CV'Z)i4>&]
tending to include
<h state of affairs
Ж < [ 4* If <] lament
[tit A] affair
Й,-Ь [Л-^] see, look ®
'L'4* L Д [t. t. 6 & Ьй1] maybe it is just
imagination
Her fingertips, peeping out from the sleeve of her robe, clasped
a fan; exquisitely positioned, they resembled the bud of a moon-
flower.
After their suicide, people would often bring out this photo-
graph, gaze at it and lament that the unions of such impeccably
beautiful men and women were often doomed. Maybe it was
only imagination, but looking at it after the event, the bride and
groom in front of the gilded screen appeared to be staring, each
as clear-eyed as the other, at their own imminent deaths.
Thanks to the kindness of their matchmaker, Lieutenant Gen-
eral Ozeki, they had been able to establish a new home in Aoba-
cho in Yotsuya. Despite the term “new home,” it was, in fact, an
old three-room rented house with a small garden; since the six- and
four-and-a-half-mat rooms downstairs did not get much sun,
[ В А-ГЛ' £ 7 <*;] gilded screen
~С0Щ|<0 x.0] in front of
[ L A6 d LAbridegroom
and bride
second
to none, flawless
iS/LZf [tAZf] clear
Ш Л-] pupil, eye
"I" C close
0 Й CO [ J close, nearby
[ L] death
tJ1 L<A 6] see through to
Ж 9 [L> b d 1 [spontaneous form in text]
think, feel
x ? 1 Aoba-
cho in Yotsuya Ward
[LA$
settle into a new house
Wid [ I— /L л ] new house
[~ t V'1"C b) despite
calling it ~
[6 v' $ small
lit [l-Ъ] garden
йЛ-Ь have close by
three rooms
[AxbV'Jold
fn[ L < ’?] rented house
l^t f [ZnV'Zp] downstairs
4ФЛ [&C. -j f ] go-between, matchmaker
ЙзВДФФ? Ф P L X 9 ] Lieuten-
ant General Ozeki
kind attentions
Ab: [6 < L X ? ] six-mat room
IZU'JrT [L X ? I±A] four-and-a-half-
mat room
0 ^3 *9 iZnbzb V' [t>£Zc М’Ь-Ы,'] get
little sunlight
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— PI? [UtH'I second floor
7\>С7)ШЖ [l±t> IfX 5<7)1ЛЮ]
eight-mat bedroom
<tIhJ [§4j < i] parlor, sitting room
[й»1а^>] use for a double purpose
A*111 [ If <fc Ъ 9 ] maid
tS^-iT 1’ [ia^TU] without installing
St Ж [iiv»L] Reiko ®
“AT [t>h 0 T'] alone, by oneself
•и^&ур-Ь [-£>i“£ i &&] look after an
empty house, hold the fort
[ ЬЛС A 0 i С о ] honeymoon
гй Hr [tflfx 9 If] crisis, emergency
[x. A h X refrain
from doing
— A [A A 0 ] the two of them, they
[Zfv'V't»^] the first night
[i'37T] spend
Ж [v>x_] house
lA^A-Ь [ t Cl Ulin-Ь] go to bed
'''ШП^ (-^ J xU] before
fw~ [LA C] Shinji
Ж JJ [ <’ A t 6 ] military sword
[Г/ S] knee ®
[~O i ild in front of @
l'ift C [-Is < ] put, place ®
Ж A [ <' A If A] soldier @
rifling [< АйЧ'1] admonition
[Zcti-S] give
A tc. [^ J A -6 & <7)] ARCHAIC person
who is a wife
archaic anytime
whatsoever
А А [Й о L ] husband
[L] death
they used the eight-mat bedroom on the second floor as a room
to receive guests and as a bedroom. They had no maid, so Reiko
looked after the house by herself when her husband was away.
They did without a honeymoon, as it was a time of national
emergency. This house was where they had spent the first night of
their marriage. Before going to bed, Shinji had placed his sword
before his knees and imparted a soldierly lecture. A soldier’s wife
had to be ready for the death of her husband at any time. It might
come tomorrow. It might come the day after tomorrow. Did she
have the resolve to remain calm, no matter when it might come?
he asked. Reiko stood up, opened a drawer in the chest and,
just like her husband, silently placed the dagger—which she had
received from her mother and was the most important article in
her trousseau—in front of her knees.
Ж'1'вТ Ь [йЧ C’'f'S] show resolve,
make up one’s mind
ВД Ь [i> Lfc] tomorrow
Ж -b [<?>] come ®
d Ъ fc. X. Bk not lose one’s head
'Жtn ’1 resolve
Ж < [ § < ] ask
[Л10] stand up
Мн5 [ЛгЛТ] chest of drawers
йкТ [О§ tiL] drawer
$) It Ъ open
L -o L & most
1‘-froi:] precious
ЖАзЙД 9 <’] trousseau
[tH'UA,] dagger
— L [6] L J: 9 13 (~h^L*UJ:5U]in
the same way as
[Л:: £ ] keep quiet
В tt oneself, herself
h LT as
[!±(±] mother
И Z; Zc ‘C humble receive
A L 7г О Т Ъ Z t № t-э 7г °
б> S^LT^W^Zrot, W-?-»^L^I±V'Л^Вй'П
т, TOWJJOJ; d (с£>§ ^^Чсй-оЛ-’о
/► -?-©X
fHiiiiJfLG i^o^x^Wzfeito?
ЯИ£ Sii <"H5 fe & L < , Ж^-tZ> *V Фй<Ж«* •?- о
WlOtc ti-ffr-WoZ:» Й4л 3 < ;nrt§
хЛ «4Я0«^<Ь-ьЯ it ^'6tt ГЛ1’, ш-а#
U1 i ill <9 ,
ФЙ'&^Л&Йо'Г’ЖА' £' о
3t Z.. iz tz amazing
[ & ? 1|и] unspoken understanding
[& *3 to] be achieved
ФВ^ [t> «» d t'l lieutenant ®
[L t't ~4'V'J never again
IS [o t ] wife
Я?1п [^' < ~1 resolve
tz Й>Ф test
$пЙ^Ф Z> [It-o /vi'-S] get married
[и <-"j t ] several months
tz<^ pass (of time)
ЖТ UiV'^J Reiko ®
L $ [d о < Lt?] beauty
V> <£ V4 J; more and more
Ш [Л-Й* < ] [spontaneous form in text] pol-
ish, improve
[ 6 3] after the rain
Я the moon
$) £ b^tz bright, clear
— A,hl> [Л/с h t <>] both of them
[Rofc] really
МЖ tz [НЛ -L d 4'] healthy
За И [^j/i'Vi] young
[l~ < /cv*] body
J^F"^ [«Я possess
3£'fW [! d L J: 9 ] sexual relations
JiCf 1>И intense, strong
[ X i> ] night
— Ji 1) 'fr not only ~ (but also ...)
[ x. Л L1Ф •? ] training
Л'Л return
Я; tz^) It(7) [(3R. <9 Zf Lito] dust-cov-
ered
W [<"ЛЛ<] military uniform
6
In this way, a profound unspoken understanding sprang up
between them, and the lieutenant never again sought to test his
wife’s strength of will.
As the months passed after their marriage, Reiko’s beauty only
increased, and she became radiant like the moon after rain.
Since they both possessed truly healthy young bodies, their
lovemaking was fierce and took place not just at night: more
than once, immediately upon getting home from maneuvers and
begrudging even the time it would take to remove his dusty uni-
form, the lieutenant had pushed his wife to the floor right then
and there. Reiko had responded in kind. From the first night
of their marriage and around a month thereafter, Reiko knew
happiness, and the lieutenant, recognizing that, was happy too.
5Й C <*] take off
fnj [ X ] interval of time
& impatient
Zz < return home
~ as soon as ~
[ (Z v X ] new wife, bride
on the spot
t1!1 L И "3” [43 L /г 43T] push down
C. h act, action
—W'C'&V' [i'o £ happen
more than once
well, properly
ftS X. £> [ Z. Z: x. & ] respond
Ж tVJ [ $ v' L J: ] the first
[ X & ] night
—* b Л one month
c?' &> IZ before or just after (a
period of time) had passed
[ X Ъ Z. tX] joy
Й1 [ L -£>] know, experience ®
[X Ъ be happy
»► 8Н-<Ш!±Й < V'Aict
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T’(i, -?-ЛА^<ОгйА5 4-^лАсо Ank><i£k0r|’T4'№
Ъ LV4J t'\ ЖЖА<5 t"i WtfSt, fcV'fcWS L < A
ШоЗйШ i WSt,
»► JEIHk ФЙЙ^1Й04ЧО0М'AU-AlJ&ffiV'. io
liOfeiTaAOffitJ^iBo-CV'Zco LAL-AO'6
t £ $>, Sot ООО AAO ААШШАО A
А о Ж -i- ii 15 Л О Й T Я Bi 0 A A t S A A о tz Я
A. AotzZ L i:4 <>(±^fsj0^L
^4® LA Ao tza
□I Ж о < p [ t г co $ jH in bed
[Hv»l] Reiko ®
pp [Zi'fjSf] body
Йк'' [L ^>v'] white
severe
imJP-E'b swell
breasts
& truly
Л StV' [ A* £> <?«к v'] powerful
[§ J: CA] denial
<o £ [ £ f <b £ ] purity
Ap’l' I lz#>“f ] show
^JzL [OoZcAj once
'Mi^»LV' [fa-? 6 LtJ fearful
— (5 <h' to the extent that ~ @
МЖ& [If A- L- Ф < 4] solemn
i£ РЙ & serious ®
4э V' 4э V' gradually
^!lLv> [(±lfLn] intense
4ЕЙК [§ i. о AzV'J mad behavior
<A) $ ^^7? even in the midst of
S fi'J [ V~ •?> ] dayt i me
[t> Ф ? <<'] lieutenant
rJI|#& [< ЛИЛ] training
[ d It V'H&l assent, accept d'f^lk [ L i ') & w> ') L] brief rest
W [fa <"6] nest, roost
inn./^ $ [<t) tz tz it' $ ] warmth
ейX. & [Ac tzЛ Ъ] fill
TWlzb they
— [2 during an interval of
[oil wife
,Ш ') [fa f> 91 think about
tf t>’t’ from dawn to dusk
Reiko’s body was pale and dignified, and her firm breasts,
which expressed the purity of emphatic refusal, would overflow
with welcoming warmth once she had consented. Even in bed the
couple were frighteningly stern in their seriousness. They were
serious even in the midst of their ever-intensifying frenzy.
In the daytime, the lieutenant would think of his wife during
the short rests in his training, while Reiko would picture her
husband’s countenance all the time. Even when she was by her-
self, she needed only to look at the photograph of their wedding
ceremony for her happiness to be confirmed. Reiko no longer felt
any wonder at the fact that a man who only a few short months
ago was no more than a stranger to her should have become the
sun of her whole universe.
ft. A h] husband
[frj [•& L AIT] figure, face
дЙ -) [All pursue
LA L however
— A [OtO] alone
A [ L § 1 ceremony
[LLA] photograph
gaze at
Afe [ c. 9 A < ] happiness
(rftlАЙ Ъ [/’ LAA-Ь] [passive form in text]
make sure of
ti just, merely
A JI [A9 Z4fo] a few months
— iKj [~ S A] before
1'7/CO A [-6if 9 WO<h] stranger in the
street
[С’'!' • fa V» be no more than ~
Uj [ij t C] man
ILA [AW Li] she
№A-tLAt'] whole world
[Av> J; 9] the sun
A L fact
& no longer
none whatsoever
•A L marvel, miracle
1® E & [AAL£]feel
io> Tffe®
ffiffiyj юВш:Ш<>ги4о ШЧЛ-К^оТПГЛ
л а-±-л фж ь £ ай & н $> Аж ?
Лго t-it-Us XBMJuWIS
T© WmП, 1ШК, ЖйшГоФЖ1±Йt>ФГ,
МЯОТГ^ <Ж*йП4о WW±S«*it$^
Иаи-э&'ЭфФйЧ:#г‘Ь Ьй'-эЛго г«Щ(±ф^ХЖЖ
4flfeKUfF^tU ий'М’АфА t Г4ъ AizLZj i ? 4tfe
<%ь л»
^UiSHTv'Z:o
10
X. ft k> these
Cl h thing, deed
all @
Ж$£Й9 & [ if 9 t < T c* 4] moral
^£W$Jun [^ i О V' < J; < d’] Imperial
Rescript on Education
[d> 9 A] husband and wife
fflfllv [£>ИЬ>] archaic mutual har-
mony
INA l-fe Lx] precept
H* 9 9 ] be in agreement, accord
M'f" [fil'd] Reiko
—К [i't> t] once
— Zf о T even
LJZ'ZLiX. [< £>d.*Zcx] answering back
not do
[t> i4> 9 V'] lieutenant ®
W [o^lwife®
PE^> [Ьй^] tell off
—z'a should, ought to
Slllj [ •? Ф 9 ] reason
fpj ~ Zc V' [&t; t ~ 4'i'] none what-
soever
Jii'B-t [^V'Zft] find
14V F [й'1'й'] downstairs
ftB WJ [ji'&Zf 4*] household altar ®
[d 9 ZcV'L/v <*9 ] Inner
Shrine of Ise Shrine
WU [ЙJnZf] amulet, talisman
— t [~ <h t Ы; ] together with ®
ХЯШд|№Т [ГЛ0 9 d9 d’9 0 J; 9
v' Й1] their Highnesses, the Emperor
and Empress
®lMi‘> [d’LAxi'J honorific portrait,
photograph
These things were all moral and consistent with the tenet of
the Imperial Rescript on Education that “a husband and wife
should be in mutual harmony.” Reiko had never once answered
back, and the lieutenant never found any reason to scold his wife.
On the household altar downstairs, portraits of their Imperial
Highnesses were displayed together with a talisman from the Ise
Shrine, and every morning before going to work, the lieutenant
would bow his head deeply beneath the altar together with his
wife. The offertory water would be replaced every morning, and
the sakaki was always fresh and alive. Every aspect of their lives
here in this world was protected by the solemn power of the
gods and overflowed with a pleasure that set every part of their
bodies aquiver.
Ж S [й* Т-Ь] [passive form in text] decorate,
display
[A $ 2 Ь ] every morning
HjMtJnir [L^-o^ Ai £] before going to
work
— OHF'C? [~<7> L 7c’C] beneath
Йс < [Ай' < ] deeply
[2 d7c Л £] bow one’s
head
I f [ $ $ If •?> ] offer up
Ж [AT] water
[£V'A£] every morning
"T [ < A & LT] [passive form in text]
ladle out again
Й [ $ Й' £ ] sakaki plant
V'O always
lustrously
LA' [A 7c h Lv'l fresh
2. 0 tit [IO <t] this present life
[IfALФ <&] solemn
ЭДЙС [ LAV'] power of the gods
T %> [ i b ] [passive form in text] protect
moreover
T' to every nook and cranny
[A] body
flA £ [ A Z> a. Z> ] shudder, tremble
[Av' L < ] sensual pleasure
[A Ab--b] abound, brim
11 ►
ГЯГ+А00®,
AZf, +^PS®M^bo
T> t©Ml:i!>^® ь ЖгШ1ЙФЙ®К *) Ш
-эЛго Wo?LtHT¥
Л&ЖЬ-С ^LT
X-® Ш'о£®-Ш0
i2> > t<n-
SoZ.-o ?-Л^вОХНГвЮЙТ-О-Л^ J
Fl^fflSWStifco
# [* A] three
[£V't -9 4*t'A] Saito Makoto,
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (along
with the finance minister and the
inspector general of military education,
Saito was one of the key statesmen suc-
cessfully assassinated by the army radi-
cals in the February 26th Incident)
Й|> KJ L 5 ] mansion
ЙХ [t>75'< ] vicinity
{1 although
22Л--+АН i;*>]
February 26th
[i?] morning ®
[л>Л 0 ] the two of them, they
[ С Ф d -it V'] sound of gunfire
fifl's [ $ < ] hear
tz tz. just, only
H [ t Ф-эААA] period often
minutes
Ж^У [$ Alf£] tragedy
-Jofa-S end, conclude
W [ni> §] snow ®
B&lnJ [^' X d &A] darkness of dawn
НС <o "X [A tb f ] [passive form in
text] blow, sound
7 7-'\‘] bugle for
muster
ФШ [ 9 и] lieutenant ®
HR 0 [fatr 0 ] sleep
1Й& -St ^>] destroy, disrupt
[!i;|aL> £ <6] spring up, start
up
MWC [tr^'A'Cj in silence, silently
iff fllz [ <“A-dt < ] military uniform
-6 ] put on
Уё [x> £] wife
3
Although the mansion of Lord Saito, Keeper of the Privy Seal, was
nearby, they did not hear the shots on the morning of February
26. It was only after the ten-minute-long tragedy was over that
the sound of a bugle calling muster in the snowy darkness of the
dawn disturbed the lieutenant s sleep. The lieutenant sprang up,
and without a word put on his uniform, strapped on the sword
that his wife held out, and rushed out into the snowy morning
streets under the predawn sky. He did not return until the eve-
ning of the twenty-eighth.
In due course Reiko heard all about the dramatic event from
the news on the radio. Over the next two days, her solitary life
was extremely quiet, and spent behind locked doors.
$ LffiT [$ L-Zz'i'] hold (something)
out (for someone)
Ж77 [<7vH] military sword
MT [(ii'Tl strap on, put on
FJJjl th bA] not yet fully lit,
not yet broken (of dawn)
зЙ [<AA1 road, street
ЛЕТЖТ [THfZfi-] dash out
“ФАН [|:D* d the 28th
TMI 9 C < ] evening
Ab'-S [й'х. Z> ] return home
ЖТ" [At'3] Reiko ©
in due course
7 > t radio
~ — 7\ news program, the news
[t о Ifo tUt A] sudden/unex-
pected event
4ТЙ [afAl??] full picture
£U -6 [ L -b ] know
fTlT b 0 the following
SHIW [Ao^^'A] period of two days
“A c* 0 (A h 1 § 0 1 all alone
ТТЛ" [-ttV'tf'o] life
3 h [2 truly
[ L# A A] calm
РЧ P & 1Я TT [UC t keep
one’s doors shut
[i" [passive form in text] spend
(time)
13k
IflifoM ®1>
£-C«-f>&£o£S^I±, -?з£Ш?Т'£Tv'io ffi
£(±0-3-0 UoifcWOW'W:» ^>Оа&И
LT> miw4W
к ой о гб ь т # о г
l±5a££Wv'£o -fTH«> ВДН£®о-Ш**Ьгйц tax
Cn^fttvO'/O. BBet'0(±Xv>££-oZ:ffi4-<±. i
г й 'г я oWVcossai КЛСЙГ £ - t
OfcOUHofc» 7>5±O^Ul±d'§
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$ O/O&BVzMfWiOZX
13
Ж~Р [iiA'^l Reiko @
W [Ф §1 snow
1Л [&$] morning
^О^ЖЬТК [tоtt'b-nz] with-
out saying a word
IfiltHi't' (jWj'/c'M rush out
'—'’Cff ( [~XV?> < J indicates movement
away from narrator
ФЙ' l*> Ф d ^'1 lieutenant
Ж [й'й] face
Ф“С1Х already
?Е0&Ж [ Lw It о v»] determination
to die
р?е£? I X $>] read, see
ДА t] husband ®
X 0 i; i as he was
Тй'Л-Ь] come back
home alive
[(f&V'j event, case
И'^дВд [& h d ] follow after, fol-
low suit
W?fn [^< Cl resolve
[^Otilshe
quietly,discreetly
#0^Ь<90€0 [ло±ьh«тио]
personal effects
[Zi’Zz'SJ'lj’-b] put in order
[T d < 1 several (of clothes)
'й ППЯа Ui 0 €> /v £1 formal kimono for
visiting
[Zpo >1 ? E-Zfv»] schooldays
[E & ZftJ friends
[Л'/гЛ-] keepsake
each, respective
JfeM [ЛЕ dl folding paper case
~O_h(X £ !’] on top of
Reiko had already recognized the resolve to die in the face of
the lieutenant as he rushed out without saying a word on that
snowy morning. She had made up her mind to follow after her
husband if he did not come back to her alive. She quietly tidied
up her personal belongings. She wrote the names and addresses of
old school friends on the paper wrappings of her formal kimonos,
which were to serve as keepsakes. Since Reiko was always being
instructed by her husband not to think of the morrow, she did
not keep a diary, meaning that she was deprived of the pleasure of
poring over her account of the happiness of the last few months
before consigning it to the flames. By the side of the radio set
stood a little dog, a rabbit, a squirrel, a bear and a fox, all made
of china. There were also a small pot and a water jug.
&] name and address
la < ] write
'fit El ® CT'S] always
ВДЕ1 [гЬ'М tomorrow
® 3 (&£>•?] think about
— = must
not ~
Ж d lv> 71 [passive form in text} tell, say
El fid [I-о £ 1 diary
C?if keep (a diary)
Л [ Z. С. T d A'lfoJ these sev-
eral months
[ L&fc-lt] happiness
бЙЖ [ г? C o] description
УЕ^Е- carefully
[X&tf’x.i’] reread
[Olz t ? throw in the
fire
X act, action
ZzO 1Л pleasure
9 [ d L ') ] lose
У > radio
— О Ж Е- J; i 1г] next to
T $ '<£ V' $&] small ®
l&J-jKr IH £] china, ceramics
Л dog
[d $ cf] rabbit
ЖЫ squirrel
[ < £ ] bear
Ж fox
$ <ЪЕС moreover
Ж pot
ЖМ water jug
пи г
Ай';К4-©|'Ш— ©3 и > '> 3 >tz^tzt)\
ЖйU±ifТ t (± tи»
L й't Ь $Ъ £"ftiU#3ЙТ
t>ii, --ВШШж J;t
й/го
i4> кфа^-о—схлйя-©
£Чйь Ьнй^ййбйчОи, AA^WLTV'-bAH
Й5М±®ЛГ. -?-0^75^<±
й©¥1:йЬтдаШ5Л 3-<7>Шт±ч V-
t ) «©SKiflKiSotV^ftSo Ltf'Lflfr
(; г ft ib & й L tz О l± ft 'C#j Z> о
Ж-f- [fti'Cl] Reiko ®
Pft—* [Фино] only
п p > a > collection
X A & {> 0 these kinds of things
[й'АА] keepsake
_klf -& [iblf-b] elevate to the status of
— t & И would be no good
to ~
L34 moreover
Ъ $* Ъ $' expressly, specially
Ш [i?о!?] coffin
[£з $<Ф£] put in, store
— &#>Zz<□ ^v'] not
be necessary to ~
"T Ъ thinking such thoughts
tb О those
ZJ4 $ & [£> V' £ &] small
F^ ^iY [<t d china, ceramics
[t’d animals
— *?" 9 [V'o •? d ] still more
<$> 47 t’0 tf. V4 aimless, lost
X >b ^<0 & И friendless, forlorn
Ж1н [ £ d U J: d 1 expression
iM ЛIi U0 -b [Л:ЛЛ(£ start to
wear (an expression)
14
[CAhoJone
ЖЖ [ 0 T] squirrel
^(4 h [T U t-&] pick up
— ’C & to see what it is like
this kind of
Й7# [tЛ^А] oneself, herself, she ®
/•fit- *o LV^ [ ' (b Lt'] childlike
[£5V'< ] affection @
(i-Ь ZMfiiT/j I- in the far
distance
This was Reiko’s only collection. Such objects, she knew, could
hardly be regarded as proper keepsakes, and they were not worthy
of special placement in her coffin, either. As these thoughts went
through her mind, the expressions of the little china animals
began to look even more bewildered and hopeless.
Reiko picked one of them up—the squirrel—but she was look-
ing up, far beyond this childish attachment of hers, to the sunlike
aura of Noble Duty as personified in her husband. She would be
willingly dragged off to her death in the brilliant chariot of that
sun, but for just a few moments she was free to wallow alone
in those feelings of innocent affection. It was a long time ago,
however, that she had really loved these things.
flA [й-э h] husband
fMMT-Ь -6] embody
AJw [ZcV'X •? 1 the sun @
ХЖ [A t' Л great duty, noble cause
ff|J ё look up at
Ж А "С [X 6/^T] happily, willingly
< shine
Ж К -Ь i] wheeled vehicle
[ “о о L $-Ы drag off
^E^j^ [ L.afo<&] one prepared to die
[v» i] now
[T о C. < ] a few moments
04 <h "C alone
A [€ E г? innocent, guile-
less
Ы-Ь [OA&] soak in, indulge in
— "С V' h H Ъ be able to be
L A L however
[(i/v h *51-] really
[abv'tlove
n long ago
•••ЬйЧВф|±> .@.т Zfict B^OfWiW
Lv'^-oJB<±, rfl®t$©±i:. И®оЙо« <t ?
£Ш-эГи£^\ -fA Ф
Й0ЙЗ Lv4№^W'r< sfeH.Sd t, ^bhk^tz
1шоОго|в]СЖЖо< Ш1©Т11 foil»
^А^ЖЙоЙЬАЙ- tfco
-/ [v> i ] now
?> [<fel''i~&] love ®
Ml V'Ж (& v>T?] memory
— iZ’t" г? be no more than ~
'C? [Cl Cl Z>] heart, feelings
o <h more ®
?!lLV'b [lilfLvJ intense
О thing, something
£Ei3 LA' [<£ .13 La >] crazy
Ж'!® [C ? Л. < ] happiness
[AfcT] [passive form in text] fill up
L & moreover
S6“F Reiko ®
® 0 [ii ? ] think about ©
El‘Й [l-fj-S3] day and night
[12 < 60 J; 6 Cl CF] joys of the
flesh
[t5'V>£> < ] pleasure
fa [&] name
[i A] call
C. <t act, action
ЙС&'ОА'4 [v't> <h*t>&v'l not even
once, never
=HcLV' [ ) о < LV'J beautiful
[<]hand
4u finger
2- Л [12й5'э] February
Ж$ [$C-$] cold, chill
— tz. [Cl even if
t C throb
~'СЖ-Ь [~A <•&] indicates a condi-
tion coming into effect
— [~09 ЛИ] in addition to
[£"?£] china, ceramics
MM [ 0 T] squirrel
Ж -?> [ ci i> ] freeze
Now she only loved the memory of having once loved them, for
her heart was filled with a more fierce, more frenzied happi-
ness. ... Reiko had never once considered the frequent joys of the
flesh—the very thought of which sent a thrill through her—as
mere sensual pleasure. The fingers of her lovely hand were numb
from the February cold and the icy touch of the china squirrel,
and yet, when she imagined the moment when the lieutenant’s
sturdy arms would embrace her, she felt a hot moistness in the
soft, pink flesh beneath the repetitive pattern on the front of her
neat Meisen kimono. It was a moistness that could melt snow.
b 0 [ X Zb 0 ] touch, feci
hold, keep in an unchanged
condition
TW [E >9> 9 V1] lieutenant
IMS LV' [A< Ей] sturdy, strong
Й [') T] arm
] stretch out, extend
~ -6 indicates movement toward the
narrator
Ж1М moment
с? Ъ А/ h punctiliously
& [ $ й ] put on, wear
fMilj [a£> t '-tt Aj Meisen silk kimono
-S’ £ x_] skirt front (of a kimono)
IpJ Ь E] the same
t £ “5 1 pattern
C L repetition
I' lC [~oLAE] beneath
S’ [Ф £] snow
melt
M’E [£>ovq hot
ЖЙ l^E < 1 flesh of a fruit
[-) й£и] moistness
|>A Ей] feel
•A
<©й^, f©,i
#<OT^XZ\ ®3=®0|Ик|£ч Rt X
g^tkg&JE^ani^-C < Л40^@<ШС
Zio ^©OofAziMUi,
16>
It $i & "C fl 11 & t & o Zzo
ii'Ri-ed LA,
jkAoftAo£ ©Й А А А\ Big© AZ: t> © Ф U Л о A i'
SO&ftloZco UttSO-o-xeoiL
JJrt® [<7)7 0 ] mind
d A A float (to the surface of), come (to
mind)
[ L] death ®
not the slightest bit
iffiH [C jov J frightening
li (in W "C <C ) particle used for
emphasis
MA [jo o L ] husband ®
[v1^ ] now
[AAL-£>]feel
CZ <h thing ®
A‘X_/E> [ZpAZpx.Z>] think about, con-
sider
[t?Z:A] grief
£"1Й [ < A> 7 ] mental torment
[ L C ? ] thought
all
[&i~V''l being alone at home
WT [Пиг] Reiko®
fjJc [jWl] he
I^J[13 < Zin] body, flesh and blood
^ <\ [ i о Z: < ] altogether, entirely
~ t И U J: 7 IZ in
the same way as
II [ t Ai A] oneself, herself
'I’^jS^ [ZA'T £ 4'1 pleasant
[ojl$ Z>] take (someone)
away
l>M < [Z'Z: < ] firmly
Ih IS -S [ LA £?>] believe
[ L -? 7 ] thought
t’ A ~ (Z into whatever ~
[!±^A] fragment
[^OLxJshe
5
Unafraid of the thoughts of death that hovered in her mind,
Reiko, alone in the house, was convinced that whatever her hus-
band was now feeling and thinking—the grief, the anguish—it
would all carry her away, just as his body had, to an easeful
death. She felt that her own body could comfortably melt and
merge into any fragment of his thoughts.
Listening to the news bulletins on the radio minute by minute,
Reiko recognized the names of several of her husband’s close
friends that were listed among the insurgents. It was news of her
own death.
(к body
t t t comfortably
[tit it’] melt into
— Tf? 's |~TVl < ] [potential form in text]
indicates progression away from the
narrator
Шд [£>to] think
“? 9 LT in that way
M [i < i < ] every moment
7 > radio
— -3. — Z news ®
Sf15111Ъ [ЛЛ t t’lf-6] prick up
one’s ears, listen carefully (lit., “lean
one’s ear”)
Ж A [ L А-Ф о ] close friends
[&] name
[и < li/Сй'/и < tz b 7i'] several
people
[itо г] insurgency
ЛАТ» [thtArt] people
— O'l’tC [—со4*й'1-] among
A& [lit'-S] join, become a member
Й1 -b [Lt] learn, know
PATRIOTISM 115
ЬЛТ\ lit&^gfOZr^oMfei^&n
ZrtOZi5, МОЙ'Й^Кo^$U
Й'э/г» SOOi&TtJI*)
(;, v'-oiiS^'li L£ Z>^ЯН4:й’^fco
,/► г+АВОВвЛ^, £IWWp£li(f'L < PP:< #£,
K-f-(±jo^6Lv^V'-e§V'Z;o jtOSoX, Шл^е-Т'
ЙкгЫ}£о Й®#ОЪC 9 <O^li,
ЙА ДЛР t;/Al4''- ''- t^s«t < Ъй'-эЛго it "Ьй5-to 51
Я«Йк, гли L'£ ZfSo г L < ® t££ t Й*й>о
Zco ^ОЛг«МгЙ124‘4э-^(Сй£Lv\ 'ЛяЙй й'&й'Цй'
& v>o
ЖО [ tfcvj state of things
QiLU [Oi Li’] by the day
<7) о U" & Iq £& irreversible
h %> [j^Zrtj & tS] take shape
[t>£ <£>V'] Imperial edict
TЪ [< ZfS] be handed down (from on
high)
ипт = ~^4 Lft$< -c
maybe
ii L&b at the start
ЖЖ’ [V'ЬЛ] restoration
— (Г) tz &b (Г) for the purpose of
Жё [lt-э uprising
[Л-6] [passive form in text] see, view,
perceive
& CO thing, something
Ж51 [<±^L>^] mutiny
sbv'] stigma, disgrace
I'f'ti' & [£•£-£>] [passive form in text] fasten
(a stigma on)
continue to
О § (’ in detail
Я1 £> [ L ?> ] learn, know
[НЛА:^'] regiment
fiifco—& [tjr/vO-{>no ...
whatsoever
ЛЕт’Й' [ti^ G < ) contact, message
=5 [Ф §] snow
(DZ-Ъ linger, remain
fb W [L^V'] within the city
4^ h> < *] fight, battle
li C- i£ •& start
V' [ LJt&V'] be impossible to tell
—-f-ДВ the 28th
Ы Д [ V- <?tt t' c? ] nightfall, sunset
ищ^ым«нтмяимш^»йя№иии№т8и
116 ffiB
She heard the details of how the situation was becoming more
irrevocable by the day. The movement that had begun as an upris-
ing to achieve a restoration, and in reaction to which it was hoped
an Imperial ordinance would be issued, had gradually come to
be branded with the infamous name of mutiny. There was no
word from the regiment. In the snow-blanketed city, it seemed
as though battle could be joined at any time.
At dusk on the twenty-eighth, Reiko was terrified to hear the
sound of someone pounding on the front door. Running down,
she undid the lock, her hands trembling. The shadow on the
other side of the ground glass said nothing, but she knew very
well it was her husband. The door lock had never felt so awkward
to Reiko before. The lock fought back against her hand and the
door refused to slide open.
(If ЛZnAj entrance hall
P [t] door
(i If L < fiercely
ПР < [Лг/h <] thump, pound
f=r [Й ] sound, noise
ЖТ" [Ht'C] Reiko®
L-V' frightening
®Л' [ jo v5] thought
ё < hear
& [l± L, О X ] run toward
[Л&x_£] tremble
T [T]hand ®
Ж key, lock®
<£> IТ-Ь open
IT h z] ground glass
tsC.'j other side
[й'И] shadow
not
say a word
fl A [ jo o t] husband
— V4 & V > definitely be
<£ ( well
ЪтУ/Б understand, know
5IP [U t:'] sliding door @
Cl ft If t" to this extent
S & О C L V'1 slow, sluggish
E -b С'б] feel
accordingly, therefore
& IS yet more
d [$ Й1 ? ] disobey, oppose
not readily
|wj [& < ] open
!»► i О Ж < л
ША 80Ж1пШЙ«ПГ. £ИОФ.Й±и
Зд-эЛго $№IP^Mt*IA Й^гО^ГХЙ&М
oTjHTZZo ФШ?А'д V'd^lPfctrLZiC. t Z\ ffi~Hi!i
>bZ' f> &t5'o Zio
!«► Ffafw •?
20к Ь/Ш<Ж<Ж£ТНУг/Ф ВДЖШ ЖЛ&ЭД-
Ь'НЙЯИШ'ШгOt> К?й?д L^lCjSot^oZfo
/io ? l}<t •Ь£Й1й<$А < iSot, -fZiA'ВЙФздТ^Ж
Й< §v^v»&j8LT\ Ж?О1Й£Ж< ФЬй^о/го
спЙШйН’/Ш, ВДША, ®A'(±K?ft4-®iV'/i
ДАUffiоX%<DfiF-hоZiо |®Т<Г)АйТ*Ъо
18
Р [ <h) door
&> ( open
— =t 0 [~i 0 li-’S’ < ] sooner than ~
Л V' ^> khaki
[й>'и t 9 ] overcoat @
iHt? [oot ] [passive form in text] wrap up
(in)
ФШ ['fj Ф d V'] lieutenant ®
№ [7i“bZc] body
=t ] snow
['Cv'famud, slush
Ш1 [fa би] heavy
JS$t [6 J: ) Й'] boot ®
[^>Л1'Н<2>] set foot in
За[И1 [if Лй'/v] entrance hall
^^П-L [Zrf: £ ] cement floor
jZ"S> [Zco] stand
IP [<jk % t] sliding door
[L £)?>] shut
— [~ t <h 6 1’1 at the same time
as
[CЛ^А] oneself, himself
[T]hand
X [t/г] again
ЙЕ [Л1^] key, lock
Ш-Ь [fa turn, screw
Zi'lt Ъ ~ /i'l't 'b lock (a door)
t' 9 И what kind of
[<'<&] significance
CI <t action
Ж7‘ [fand] Reiko ®
understand
19
Jd'M 0 [fa^x. h гЬ-2-li-tf] hon-
orific, feminine welcome home
Almost before the door had opened, the lieutenant, wrapped
in a khaki greatcoat, his boots heavy with muddy snow, strode in
and stood on the cement floor of the entrance hall. As he closed
the sliding door, he turned the key and locked it himself. Reiko
did not know what it meant.
“Welcome back home.”
Said Reiko, and bowed deeply, but the lieutenant did not reply.
As he had taken off his sword and was starting to remove his
greatcoat, Reiko went around behind to help him. The coat she
took off him was cold and damp, smothering the smell of horse
dung that it gave off in the sunlight, and it weighed heavily on
her arm. She hung it on the coat stand, and clutching the sword
followed her husband, who had removed his boots, up into the
parlor. It was the six-mat room downstairs.
"Ж < ] deeply
[£>Z:£ ^if-Ы bow one’s
head
X. [ C. Z: Л & ] reply
ЖЛ [<"AH] military sword ®
[I±TT1 take off, remove
ЙЙ, ?> [ad start to take off
9 L6 behind
t> & ] turn around
[“CoZ* 9 ] help
9 1Ж & receive, take into one’s hands
ф/гН [,oadZ:V>] cold
Ж -S [ L ad -Ь ] become damp
LI |uj [O’dk'Zz] sunshine
it & [Zrt ] give off, emit
MWX [(£ЛЛ< 5 и] smelling of
horse dung
[iz js и] odor
Ж1Г [itT] extinguish, smother
Ж1 [ 9 T] arm
Ж t & < ] heavily
<Z) weigh, rest heavy
[ЙЧ11 9 ^4t] coatrack, coat
stand
hang
tS <s [Zf <] hold with both hands
[tS'O IL i ] she
Й& <? [ad <"] take off (shoes)
Ж А [Й-о <t] husband
L'L ? [ L tz if 9 ] follow
|/ij [t; living room
h-Ь [гМг&] enter (by mounting a step)
PST downstairs
/<§: [6 < IL i 9 1 six-mat room
iSiiSBSfts
PATRIOTISM 119
2i ► ДЙКиЙЪНх, gij
АОЛд^оПТи&о ШЧ^-С AiHt^O^Ao
m=
^©МШок, weti,_ -Шй'uin]оt, b
Cb&^v'-c, Жй-О'^
22k ФЙЧ±г dW-^Zzo
аз»- Г№1±ач^^о^г0 $>и-эЗ£1£^&ВЬ&й'-эЛ:о is-t
h < Zr<0&, v^cfcoAOZf^do ЙПЙ
IU I C*.
*>, ФЩН, luatzfj
I4&V’ [&ji1‘?> vj bright
Д [O] light, lamp
"~<7) b "C [—60 LfcT?] beneath
JH-b [Л-&] see, look
ДА [£>o t] husband
Ж [й1^] face
МЖЖ [Ai L. x d £Mf] five o’clock
shadow
W d d ] [passive form in text] cover
SO A [x<o LA] different person
become gaunt, become haggard
Ж [li#J cheek
-b [js t>&] fall, sink
A'ZR [ L. d tz < ] glow, sheen
[ii 1 firmness, tension
Ad [d L&o ] lose
[§ (fA0 X v>] be in a good
mood
[A£6] come home
— i 0 as soon as ~
A C immediately
вЧзсЛг [А>Л: Л eT] casual clothes
^sfZox.& [^ й*х..Ь] change (into)
0Й1Ж. [lX/v£>L] evening meal
[$ call for,
request
— <А> Д although, in spite of the fact
that ~
ЖЖ I < ] military uniform
— © J in the unchanged state of
WA [^> Л3 AiZcV'] low dining table
[nJ d [b^d ] position oneself so as to
face
cb <CA> Zl’A sit cross-legged
d loll, droop
When she saw her husband’s face beneath the bright light, it
was covered in several days’ growth of beard and so gaunt that he
no longer looked like himself. His cheeks were sunken and had
lost their glow and their tautness. When he was in a good mood,
the instant he got home he would change into casual clothes and
urge her to serve dinner, but now, still dressed in his uniform,
he sat cross-legged before the low dining table and just slumped.
Reiko thought it best not to ask whether to prepare any food.
After an interval, the lieutenant said:
“I had no idea. The chaps didn’t ask me to join them. Maybe
they just meant to be nice to me, seeing as I’d just got married.
Kano and Honma and Yamaguchi too.”
H f- Reiko
fy й [Ф-? L<t <] evening meal
ftSt"T-b [ L Zc < & i" & ] make prepa-
rations
c1 should, ought to
ЖХ [ £ < 1 ask
zcfxX-'b [$ refrain from
[ LA/C. A<Z)<&] married person
V1 tz jo treat kindly, be considerate
toward
[й'Оо] Kano (surname)
TdHJ [iJ A i] Honma (surname)
111 LI [Ч3^ <*t>] Yamaguchi (surname)
22
V ^^5 -о T after a while
ф 1Л [ t Ч lieutena nt
s') [ь4 d 1 say
Ш [jo fl] masculine I ©
Ml-2) [L-S]know
BRUSQUE, AFFECTION-
ATE those fellows, they
9 [ £ < -? ] invite, ask
jS'S’b C perhaps, probably
24С О,
Zc 5е Ж * W Ж да tz О ®. & Ж V > i?'* Л- о
25 ► Гй^ < ВДВ^Ш^йП^/сбдо №«W
да & « z z* % ? о Ж i ± й т & 18 ж и х II ъ i м л й i f ъ <ь
.....ргат-^Ао -ел/йгtti-c^Ad
26- ^LTXBoAo
27» rii±4-wiso£fte^i:?>n-G
zrwzfo адвош^г,
4-1Ьжо/’о Ж1;1±^л*гЬ(±<-^ле, Ш-1
28»- Ж#(±ЖЖ ЬЛЙ ^КТ0У1-о
li к i ± 1"С I c tz tz—о о ТЕ о ж Ж & S5 о Т v > & о
E9HHHMHHMI
Ж7‘ Reiko®
ДА [is о t] husband ®
ША [ LАФ d ] close friend
AtAAtfa number of times
[их.] house
[зЬУ tMC < <61 come over
to visit
[if A &] energetic, cheerful
[-tfi'h/v L i d d ] young
officer
1Ш [й'й] face
,clV'[jo $> V' -7 recall
25
F -b [ < ti Z> ] be handed down (from on
high)
ЙХт? [•t’O A J brusque my chums, they ©
^5‘1Ж [li A io A <”A] mutinous army
[isabV'] stigma, disgrace
Ъ [ ^ A ] wear (a stigma)
Ш [i>jl] MASCULINE I ®
i$T [-si/01] subordinates
|нД1'^'<Ь [ L ёУА ] command
B'|O [ о o] shoot, open fire on ®
»Ъ A, masculine have to
"C A masculine can’t ®
A A <h that kind of thing ©
4э'?’1Ь < perhaps, probably
ВД H [& L/г/&*f ] tomorrow ©
й)пр [Ax < Фи] Imperial edict
X [i A] again
Wd [t'd] say, speak
[V' j£ ] now
Reiko recalled the faces of the cheerful young officers who were
such dear friends of her husband and had often paid social visits
to the house.
“The Imperial ordinance will probably be issued tomorrow.
The chaps will be branded as mutineers. I'll be in command of
my men and we’ll have to fire on ’em. I just can’t. I can’t do a
thing like that.”
Then he spoke again.
“I was ordered off guard duty just now and given home leave
for the night. 1 know that tomorrow morning I’ll have to go
out and attack my chums. There’s no way I’m going to do it,
Reiko.”
Reiko was sitting erect, looking down at the floor. She under-
stood clearly that everything her husband had said was equivalent
to a single word—death.
Wffi [itV'tX] guard duty
? Ze и] change (of guard)
nn L <6 [йн C 6] [passive form in text] order
A-t3] tonight
—t (i'A] duration of one night
Zc < ] returning home
[Ф&-Н [passive form in text] permit,
allow
$ $ ] morning
-s> <h for sure, most certainly
[-сй'Нб] go out
~ 11 b /v masculine have to
masculine particle used to emphati-
cally express a feeling or conviction
understand
"f *ClC. already
Z2Z2 [Zc727/to] just one
[ L] death
t ii] word, remark
In ?> [ZnZc 7 ] talk about, speak of
28
S] sit erect
В fTT" -Ь [A & & ] look down
T well
9 fc>Tv>£o Юо—о—it
COSv'g@^-®fT<OZ:<dU,
Л&ВлАЛг-е-си&о Фй-(±1й*$Во<и;5ои> -ег
К li f> 9 Ж® й5 &1'©Шо
Lt!>>L, г 9 Si'lt
©Im 9 *ЙЯ$й%оЛо Ф1Ш~ ВКЪЛгбйи
(± WbiV'fL У^ЖЯ-О
ЙШ4-LТv'Ъ г £тА Т
ФШ [t> Ф 9 V'] lieutenant @
'L' [С С 6] heart, mind ®
tfe-b [£ 5 -5 ] be decided, be fixed
Ж Ж’ - If] word, remark ®
—О-----Ж> [Lb t о Lb t -d] each and every
one
tE [ L] death
IfePfBt'b [t “oO'lt -5] [passive form tn text]
back up
Ж И [ < -61'] black
firm, hard
Ж1] [') ‘b d £>] lining, backing
— (Г) tz ib IX owing to
jtfjZpL^ZcV* [9 CtJ'L^ZcV1] hard,
solid, difficult to shake or alter
Л strength, power
Р^ЗЛО [^bZfo] [causativeform in text]
stand out
‘ГйЛ [&^л] worries, anxieties
йп [й'Л: -S ] speak of, relate
~ (7) [Z although, in spite of
[L<»К IS«Ф A.J hesitation
29
L t}^ L however
[£>/v& < ] silence
И-$|и] [CtO'Aj time
Ij if It [1Ф fit] thaw, melting snow
[Itv1V й> ?] mountain torrent
clarity, limpidity
—• П [ЛоZi»] two days
~ 1Z Ъ tz for a period of
long
Ж'1Й [is d О -9 ] anguish
~ФЯе"С13 [~0(txt;] at the end of
one’s own home
=J$LV' [ 9 о < Lv^] beautiful
W [oil wife ®
The lieutenant’s mind was already made up. Each and every word
was buttressed by death, and this hard, black support only made
their immovable strength stand out the more. The lieutenant
may have been explaining his worries, but there was no indeci-
sion about him.
As they sat there, the silence was as clear as a snow-fed moun-
tain torrent. At the end of two long days of anguish, the lieuten-
ant felt peace of mind for the first time as he sat across from his
beautiful wife in his own home. It was because he knew at once
that his wife, though she said nothing, had sensed his unspoken
resolve.
Ж face
МЖ’Т-Ь sit face to face
for the first time
peace of mind
ЖА-Ь feel
Из fa & V' (? [V'lb&И£'£>] though she
would not say anything
unspoken, implied
Ж tn [Л* < C.'] resolve
zb infer, perceive
T <? quickly
fafa-S understand
зок LV'H
!t'C. litfeTiOtlHiUGfco r&HmW
£J
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33k Г1ШШ £ Lfc»
v'JTJ
34k Ipwiit ЛЕ-еоВОЛКЕ-^Мг-Ь £ 9 ШЕ
Zi-o ШШЙГЖо =t 9 ЕД f>-t <b L Mt, £HtZA,4
Zp£ LnO& h %> Ofrbfr h
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30
l'V'Z£ right then
•I’SJ' [Ъ «ф d t'] lieutenant ®
lR %> [Д' £ 4* Ъ ] accumulate
4'НК [Л^А.] sleeplessness
Й/^Zf [TAZf] clear
LV' [£>j3 Lt'] heroic, manly
[£>£cbtt-6] open one’s eyes
li E <56 "C for the first time
"It- ('>£] wife
И [*£>] eye ®
i£ <h & directly, straight
kl Z> [Л Z> ] look into
Kl [Й it] masculine 1
^•fk [Cl A^J] tonight
Ж Ш -b [ !± <? £ ^ •£> ] cut one’s stomach
1Й f" [Hl'Cl] Reiko
“t” not in the slightest
Zz IS <6 C shrink, flinch
32
О J» кэ round
5^1'' [oX V'] strong
[tT] bell
н [ia] sound
5zK [li 0 ] tension, willpower
<K "t* [ L T ] show
Hd [i'd] say,speak
33
"t" -Ь [Д' < Zf’j’be prepared for
Jo [ft &• -f -b [i5h t> £T£>] humble
accompany
$-±Ti'ZzZf< humble allow me to do
t ') V ’I" polite I want to -
(S t Л t' almost
“All right, then...Opening his eyes wide—they were strong
and clear despite his not having slept for days—he looked straight
into his wife’s eyes for the first time. “Tonight I will cut my
stomach.”
Reiko’s eyes showed no sign of flinching.
Her round eyes showed a firmness of will as strong as the
sound of a bell. Then she said:
“I was ready for this. Pray allow me to accompany you.”
The lieutenant felt himself almost overwhelmed by the power
of her gaze. The words tumbled out of him like the ravings of
delirium, and he could not understand why so weighty a permis-
sion should assume so flippant a turn of phrase.
)j [ ] strength, power
fr.’i” [passive form in text] over-
whelm
feel as though
[C. t (i'l word, remark
гй И I d b C." t ] delirious nonsense
"I" hj freely, fluently
H i -В [T ] come out
this kind of
[ E- и» o Zfv'&l momentous
eTiili 1 £ i Zz < ] permission, approval
Zp/5 L V' thoughtless, flippant
зкЖ [W'i ?IfAj expression
k. adopt, take
understand
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«t L right, good, okay then
—'^’11 [и-э L ± lc] together
IM [V'<]go
fflL [ZcZfLjbut
f& [joH] MASCULINE I
ад [-&< ] cutting one's stomach
JnJJiiH [<&1 fit -?>] watch to the end ®
V' V' all right
MV'jofc-?) finish speaking
— A [^Zc 91 the two of them, they
'L' [Cl Cl Zj] heart, mind
[{сЪйЧс] suddenly
[t ^(±4‘o] [passive form in text]
set free
?[tl^Zc-& [Ф d if AZt<£>] freely, abun-
dantly
•Й-f/ [ Л Ъ C CZ) joy
llj «С [=b < ] gush forth, spring forth
37
[fLi'i] Reiko
ДЛ [feot] husband®
fg$fl [ L/v lot'] trust, confidence ©
[4ois§$] magnitude
[£На& •) o] [passive form in text]
move
ФШ [t> ф d t'] lieutenant ®
— <h L T i± as for, for his part
h*k> & Cl $) -s> "C & no matter what
happens
[ LX-f-C. & d ] fail to die
— "C li & *q & V' must not ~
-? О Zc Й> [C ti to that end
Л [O h ] person
& <C "C {i & <q <5& there had to be
MMH
“Right-ho, then. Let’s do the deed together. But I want you to
witness my suicide. All right?”
As he finished speaking, a flood of joy suddenly welled up in
both their hearts as though a dam had broken.
Reiko was moved by the greatness of her husband’s faith in
her. The lieutenant, for his part, was determined not to fail to die.
That was why there had to be someone to act as witness on his
behalf. The fact that he had chosen his wife for the task was the
first sign of his faith. And the second—and even greater—sign of
that faith was that, while they had promised to die together, rather
than kill his wife first, he had set his wife’s death in the future
where it could no longer be verified by him. Had the lieutenant
been a suspicious husband, he would most likely have opted to
kill his wife first, as in the ordinary run of suicide pacts.
S? wife®
[x. choose ®
— L И “7 (7) the fact that ~
[Zzl'V't?] the first
[<b {,(-] together
die
ЙЖТ& K’< promise
[$£ l-l before ®
c* "iT [ Z A $ without killing
[ L] death
[ EАЛ] oneself, himself
[ZtLtO'AA] [potential form in text]
make sure of
[<&kA'I future
*4 1-E < 1 place, put
— t V' 9 E. E the fact that ~
Ж— [ZcV'l-1 the second
$ again, more
& L if
Ж *9 H Л <" Ь doubting,
distrustful
ЧЁО standard, average, run-of-
the-mill
JL? Ф [ L A-' IE ^7 ] love suicide
[CAi-] kill
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Ф^‘1 [*> i$ •) i'] lieutenant ®
Ж ~f~ [fit'Cl] Reiko ®
ЙЭД&Т-Ь [f5 £ t &T&] HUMBLE
accompany
S’d [v>d] say
и Ж [ A <k if] word, remark ®
[ L A >1 A] marriage ©
fX [<£•£>] night ®
Й554 [ 15-KA] oneself, himself
2^ <C [Л-fj tf'<] lead, guide
ClO^j [zz©if] this place,time
К. [jo X A] reach, extend to
(He& <( [X 4' < ] without hesitating
%z tj"t'‘b [ifofi А-ф^> ] [causative form in
Йс Я< [-tf i'й'] result, fruit
[Д*Л U&] feel
I li^T [ 15 15] self-reliance, self-assurance
Ш&Ь [ 4* <” $ & ] comfort
{{Ji [й'Н] he
*Й’1н (&V‘ 15 x d] love
Д (5 [ Cif^v § lz] spontaneously
[l';}?•£.&] cause to say
Шд [f> 9 ] think
~ [f h' to the extent of
11 tz idle, lazy
Eit&ftZz [ d йл(?HZ:] vain, conceited
МЛ [Хэo <t] husband
text] pronounce
X A* [jojo й] big, great
[^ X ? V'< ] education
-Й-О'г [ Jt Ъ 51 tf] joy
ib i 1) too much
IzlZAM [L-tf Alz] naturally ®
4o h.V' [joZrriH*] each other
When Reiko said the words “allow me to accompany you,” the
lieutenant felt that her being able to speak them without hesita-
tion was the splendid fruit of the education he had imparted to
her from the first night of their marriage up until this moment.
It bolstered his faith in himself: he was not so conceited a hus-
band as to think it was affection for him that had prompted her
to speak out so readily.
Such a natural abundance of joy welled up in their hearts that
when they looked at one another their faces broke naturally into
smiles. Reiko felt that the joy of their wedding night had returned
to them.
It felt as though it was not agony and death, but an unob-
structed, wide-open plain spreading itself out before her eyes.
“The bath is ready. Will you take one?”
“Yes.”
[frfa] chest, heart
[fa well up
МХЪТ [&ДФТ] look at one another
Ж [fafa] face
[G*L <£ 9T<£>] smile
[faZc/cU] again
[fatTfafa] come, visit
feel as though
[fafafa] bath
[fa <] be ready (lit., “boil”)
fa] honorific will you take a bath?
uh-huh
40
S Oflij [faO t x.] before one’s eyes
[ < о 9 ] pain, agony
[ L] death
Й [b<$9 &] free
Lb Ъ '(J Ъ t L tz broad, wide
5T [O] plain, field
stretchout
? [fa* t> 91 [spontaneous form in text] think
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i
io [Й L J: < It] polite meal, din-
ner ®
f i Й5 [ C <L !5] words
‘Ait [ to(;] really, truly
T'i^U HAAl:] simply, plainly
'ЖЖ&5it [ri'Tt'T £ {;] in a domestic
manner
[V'-Ь] need, want
[$(ТОЙ'A£i-S] heat
up sake
~ T io < and leave it that way (for a fu-
ture purpose)
-Г < masculine won’t you ... (as
a favor) for me?
47
%'!'?> [ it о T-S ] [passive form in text] say
•1J?d ф о v>] lieutenant ®
fed *s [гЬ-^9 <] dangerously
£нЖ [ J-эй'<] illusion
йд-Ь [£M'£] [volitional form in text] lapse
into
'— (A) d X %> be about to ~
[Li < It] meal, dinner
[tiV'’] Reiko
yL^> [Лго] stand up ®
A A [Jao h] husband ®
T?j_k 0 [Ф&йр *9 ] after the bath
[A A-tf A] large padded kimono
Hj'T [AT] takeout
2bltZ_’ open
[О ё A L] drawer ®
[t> w> ? V'4- tt <] draw atten-
tion
“And dinner?”
The words were said in so straightforward and homey a manner
that the lieutenant was in danger of yielding to the illusion.
“Don’t think we’ll be needing any dinner. Warm up some sake
for me, will you?”
“As you wish.”
When Reiko stood up to take out a large padded kimono for
her husband to wear after his bath, she drew his attention to the
open drawer. The lieutenant got to his feet to go over and look
inside the chest. On the paper wrappings of the neatly arranged
packages were the names and addresses of the keepsakes’ recipi-
ents. He could read each one of them. His heart was filled with
the sweetest emotions—no vestige of sadness—at this laudable
display of resolve.
fr< h'<lgo
[7c chest of drawers
Ф inside
look inside, peek into
-b 0 T-b] [passive form in text]
tidy up
ЙЖ [7c t 7 ] folding paper case
— О Llil [~<7) 5 X_lc] on top of
— О—О [У t оУ-1 о] each and every
one
ЖМ D‘7c>&] keepsake
[£< &] name and address
[<ttr] [passive form in text] read
praiseworthy, manly
D' < 1 resolve
/]<$“ [L^T] [passive form in text] show
OL<& sorrow
ik L & & < [^ C. L & < ] not even a
little
-L' [С. «X 6] heart, emotions
sweet
[Ci? Lx/l5J;-?7>J:] emotion
[&7cT] [passive form in text] fill
& o £
ФИ-
(iv't Lf-Oii f), LAA^tSv'-O^ftB^L
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ф)#ШЗй= oft Ut-Cito /Co if! W T ? A TV
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[ЪДИ] young
ll: [oJ] wife®
jFfft £> L V' [C h% <o LV'] childlike
П Itl [ Д i' t O] shopping
Ц“Ф -Ь [Л-Йг-6 ] [passive form in text] to show
ЙЛ [йо <t] husband ®
Ф^'Г [tiiM H lieutenant ®
И <h L $ tenderness, affection
'—(?)£) j£ 1) out of an excess of
d L Д behind
!&<( [Zf<] embrace
[ < t/T t] nape of the neck ©
ATS] kiss
ЕЕЛ
МЯР [ПИi] Reiko®
[CMf] beard, stubble
-?(£*t$> $ ticklishness
!Й L -5 [jJ'A t£>] feel
[ДАД <] sensation
ZcZz just, only
MStl £ [It'A-^v^ ё A-] of this life
& 0 thing, something
~121.ЫЗ [~v> £ x 9 IZ] insofar as, since,
to the extent that ~
<h о ~C as far as ~ is concerned
1И^ [If A Co] reality
-^(Г) Ь (Г) the very thing, itself
IW t t t ^ < ] soon
^9 [H4‘5I [passiveform in text] lose
h£s L [ДА C] feeling
CI <7)_t & j: <C [CO*) Л ] unsur-
passably
& [ L A“tt A’fc] fresh, new
' ’fef—1Й [t'o Ьф Al'd LФ A] each
and every moment
V * V v c* t vividly, vigorously
As if he were a husband whose young wife had just paraded
her childish purchases before him, the lieutenant embraced his
wife from behind, planting a kiss on the back of her neck in an
uncontrollable burst of tenderness.
Reiko felt the lieutenant’s beard tickling her nape. This sensa-
tion was more than just a part of her present life; as far as Reiko
was concerned, it was reality in its entirety, and the feeling that
in a short while it would be lost was vivid beyond anything.
Every single moment took on a vigorous life, and every fiber of
her body awoke anew. Tensing her toes in her tabi, Reiko let her
husband fondle her from behind.
“I’ll have a bath, then a drink. . . . Oh, and lay out the futons
upstairs, would you?”
The lieutenant whispered into his wife’s car. Reiko nodded
silently.
Z'f> & x. S ] gain strength
fk ]Z'f>Z:]body
1ЗД % i "C J <*] to every nook
and cranny
Zc IC anew, over again
wake up
[ZztX] tabi sock
[oi $ tip of one’s toe
Й [] strength, power
}£AA& [causative form in text]
soak, steep
[l±v>C.'] back
[<fe v»caress
'X’lt -b [-) tt£] accept, receive
ЖЭ^А-Ь [Л.б'МЗЛ'-б] take a bath
Uldall right? understand?
second floor
[ <h C £ -6 ] take a futon (from
a futon closet) and lay it out on the floor
and leave it that way (for a fu-
ture purpose)
H [imperative form] blunt, masculine
please
51 t tf] close to ones car
Ж 9 E'?]say
Ж-Ь [Z: £ &] keep quiet, say nothing
9 ’aft' nod
1H It] sake
drink
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t (iV'o$> i <9 £ < ЖА/’о -епгч t
£ t'£, ЖЖ4-А L
ФШ [*э Ф d V»] lieutenant ®
L <( [ibio^>ibL<] roughly,wildly
ЖЙН [ СА-Й < ] military uniform
IJjl <? [ah <*] take off (clothes)
ЖйШ [A 6 If] bathroom
A-5 [fins] enter
JaV' [h £>vJ distant
iSf [1ФI hot water
(i fa /Р X. -b bounce back up
a' [iit] sound
hear
ffi-7- [nv^] Reiko®
Of] living room
[O(i*t>] charcoal brazier
AWM [£>?Mf A] the state of the fire
Й-6 [<& 5] look at, check
ifl<Z)'IJb] [ 5 ItO^A] warm sake
ft К [ L A < ] preparations
AL^> [Zro] start
Я'Ш! [?z A-tf A] large padded kimono
'rj? [A»??'] sash
[ L A If] underwear
[{j'o] carry
!#> < go
[v$>] hot water
tllM [^'If A] degree
< ask about, inquire about
& >5 spread out, billow out
?ЙЖ steam
~(7)ф!А <г>amidst
$> C *9 <C sit cross-legged
jfe [CMfJ beard
$!]<?> [-£•-&] shave
iWfa'b [ahft 6] get wet
The lieutenant tore off his uniform and went into the bath-
room. To the faraway plash of the bathwater, Reiko checked the
fire in the charcoal brazier in the parlor, then started to prepare
the sake.
Carrying the padded kimono, sash, and underwear, she went
to the bathroom and inquired about the water temperature. In
the billowing steam, the lieutenant sat cross-legged, shaving, and
she could vaguely make out the rippling of the wet skin of his
muscular back whenever he moved his arm.
Nothing in the house hinted at the present unusual circum-
stances. Reiko went busily about her work, improvising some
dishes to go with the sake. Her hands did not tremble, and her
preparations proceeded more briskly and easily than ever. None-
theless, at times an extraordinary throbbing would break out in
the depths of her chest.
i L'. ' [Zr < J L t'] strong, muscular
"пФ back
R [IC <] flesh
1Й [ ? "Cl arm
с* H movement
~ IZOt'l'C together with
[ £ TAlC] nimbly, briskly
Й < [ 1 C‘ < 1 move
[C vaguely, hazily
[&X.&] be visible
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soever
[t < special, extraordi-
nary
[CTAjtime
V' L busily
Ж1 io [Zrt>l±Z: <] go about
one’s work
ВРЖО [-?•<-£ ^ О] improvised, extem-
pore
[$ side dishes for sake
['o < &] make
T [’V] hand
Шх.’Т [A>^> AT] without trembling
О Cl’ <h things
Ji I) more than usual
& k. briskly, energetically
Ji [i £ < 1 comfortably
[lil. At] proceed, go
t h'" at times, occasionally
W [t?fa] chest, heart
Jffc [< <1 ] bottom
LT4' extraordinary
[«1 if d ] throbbing, pulsating
[l±L&] run
i ? Us
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jfiV' I t i>v»] distant
flH# [v’fcTi] lightning
ti> fb 9 t for an instant
St!- [ ^ i d iwU] strongly
тё-Ь [i±L&] run
?'Й X. ?) [ёх.&] vanish
-? 012 /О' otherwise
(pj—Э — &l' [4'l’Cf£o—!£v'] nothing
Zj /v usual
[й'Ъ *) ] difference
ЖйШ" [Л*^з!±'] bathroom
[t/ Ф 0 ''''] lieutenant @
Ж [tMt] beard
$0-6 [-t 6] shave
[v1 ft) if] once
tz izУ) & ] [potential form in text]
warm up
54
№ Zf] body
[<• i; (jf<£>&</'] with no
outlet
1Й [ < <Z> d ] mental torment
[бЧ;Ь ? ] exhaustion
"t* t> >0' 9 completely
[v^T] [passive form in text] heal
(L] death
~ HU Al-i"-?)] have in
prospect
7j0 L V"* enjoyable
tz^J expectation
[Л-Zr't] [passive form in text] fill
IS -6 [/ftА С Ъ] feel
Д: [^4] wife
»Z Ш f-Ь 'x (tz t> (± tz ь < ] go about
one’s work
м [£>£:] sound
Like far-off lightning, it made a brief, intense surge, then van-
ished. That aside, nothing was different from normal.
As the lieutenant shaved in the bathroom, he warmed up. The
exhaustion brought on by his bottled-up anxieties was soothed
away and his body overflowed with happy expectations, despite
the imminence of death. He could hear the faint sounds of his
wife bustling about. The healthy, natural desire he had not had
time to think about for the last two days reared its head.
The lieutenant was confident that there was not the slight-
est impurity in the joy they had felt when they resolved to die.
Although the two of them were not, of course, completely con-
scious of it at the time, they both felt that the private pleasures to
which they were entitled were once again under the aegis of Noble
Duty and Divine Power and flawless and immaculate Morality.
faintly
Cl A be audible
whereupon
LI two days
[—& и ZzJ during
forget
A* [<tAC. ? &] healthy
[X < (Xd ] desire
[&Aii£bAlf3] rear
one’s head
БЯИИНННМНМ1
А [Л'Л: 0 1 the two of them, they ©
4L [ L-] death
& [ § Й & ] decide on
A [ X 6 C. ] joy
I' £ $ & V > not the slightest bit
[И Ф Kj impure
Й fa [ U L A] self-confidence
О L c* at that time
A A of course
Ito c1 0 clearly
[i'Lbe conscious of
A A again
4s A [XIZk X IS A] other people
[ L not know
IE it# [-itV't ?&] just, right
D'V' ь < ] pleasure
АЖ [Av' £'] great duty, noble cause
-IffUA [L. At'] power of the gods
without a chink, flawless
D'A-tf A A] perfect
Ж®» [£' ? < 1 morality
A [ i t -£> 1 [passive form in text] protect
L A D'A C S] feel
WLAtШ;Ш1шдаг!:йтнй
§,?tzeiin> 'ЙАй~ШШ г tOf-Jftv^fclESI
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т & tufi® %> ilffl & & Zzo
— К [Afc ] the two of them, they
П£Ц,хЬТ [#>£ Лй'ЬТ] look at one
another
jolL'A [Jo/c?55’v>] each other
ГI [Й] eyes
lE^'fe Ни i: d &] just, right
^E [ L] death @
Jii’I'i't' [<&иAr't'J find, discover
Л>££СГagain
MG [M-t] they
nobody
destroy
[”C<j^<^] iron wall
'eLtr [r?’S>tr] [passive form in text] envelop
ША [Zzl3 A] other people, strangers
“^Jh [t'-э L] one finger
Sjllflzb [ЛЛй] touch
[ СЛ] beauty
Ha ' justice, righteousness
£a ? [ X d ? ] [passive form in text] wear
armor
IS--S [ZnA 13-b] feel
H4 BJ [ Ф 9 '] lieutenant ®
Й O' [ 13^ A] oneself, himself
Й [13 <] flesh, body
fifeaE [ <t < (J d) desire
“SIU [t$d < ] patriotism
51W [ L 13 X •)) true feelings, sincerity
~(Г)$)V4 tz 13. between
frif £j ~ ъ * [& A £b~&v J no ... what-
soever
тУ'Ж [tr 13 к)> A] contradiction
[ if d < ] conflict
[<&£] see
~ {ХД* 1} /р not only ...
When they looked at one other and discovered righteous death in
each other’s eyes, they both felt they were once again surrounded
by a wall of steel that nobody could pierce, girt in an armor of
Beauty and Righteousness upon which no stranger could lay so
much as a finger. That was why, as far as the lieutenant was con-
cerned, he not only saw no incompatibility or conflict between
the yearnings of his flesh and the sincerity of his patriotism, but
was even able to think of them as one and the same thing.
Thrusting his face toward the dark, cracked and steamed-up
wall mirror, the lieutenant shaved with care. This would be his
face in death. He could not leave any unsightly patches of stubble.
His shaven face shone once again with youth, illuminating the
dark mirror. Perhaps there was even something chic about the
link between this gleaming, healthy face and death.
t? L •Z) rather, if anything
—0(7) (7) [tbt oco & O] the same thing
[й'Л-^л£] think
~ $ X. even
Pa V"* [ < dark ®
Ch Г? to fL tz cracked
[ьФ if] steam
M tfit} &[<$>•) 4‘] tends to fog
up
wall mirror
~(7)ipR [—Ф&й'!-] inside
Ж [й'й] face ®
$ L d i T [ $ L ZfT] push forward
carefully
M [U4If] beard
[-?-^>] shave @
in that state
[ L, face in death
[<&<*& 1л'] ugly, unsightly
RD(DZ L] unshaven patch
— X (i & b Zf V' must not ~
Л» Zz Zz С/ again
L [Ьй'Ьй'Ь < ] youthfully
< ] gleam, shine
[й'й*<A] mirror
HJJtr] [causative form in text]
become bright
~ 15 if to the extent that ~
Он[lift-^й^] bright, radiant
[НЛО 3 &] healthy
Intf'o [Ci'Tf7’o^l union, linkage
[t'o "C&HIf] ifyouwill,
if I do say so myself
l$> -6] a kind of, a certain
ixlnffi& [L x d L v ft] elegant, refined
, a?
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3E® [ L face in death
Ж [й'-fc*] face ®
IE (iff [Z(i [-ttV'?ii'< tc Ei] precisely speak-
ing, in fact
Ж-ii [%/Hi] half
w [t> Ф 5 и] lieutenant ®
B^ff [Li Ф') ] possession
SBil-S [(i A'tt-S] part from
7E /v Zz [LA Zf) dead
Ж Л [ <” A L A] soldier
plliZ^ [5 faALA] tombstone
~± ['-Lidl on
Шс [Z^ih.] he ®
tztf) L!- as a test
R [й $"S>A.6] shut one s eyes
— "СЛ- & and see what it is like
'T’^'C everything
IS [J^A] darkness
bit? [-s>-s>td [passive form in text] envelop
& 0 thing
.И.& [A^>]see®
PS IL AEf A) human being
Жй [A>5] bath
J'. <?> [&Zis&] get out of (a bath)
A>lustrous, shiny
ifi [(i£] cheek ®
rfV^ [ibjst'»] blue
0 M' [?" 0 E] shaved-down stubble
)££>£'?> [OZn^-tf £>] cause to shine
<£ <C well
Ж -b [h i S] start to burn, catch fire
[СМ±’^>] charcoal brazier
— <7) Zp tz Ъ It' next to
This—just as it was now—would be his face in death! In fact,
the face had already half passed from the lieutenant’s possession
and become the carved likeness on the memorial stone of a dead
soldier. As an experiment, he tried closing his eyes. Everything
was enveloped in darkness; he was no longer a being who saw
the material world.
The lieutenant got out of the bath and sat down cross-legged
by the well-kindled brazier, his healthy cheeks glowing blue after
shaving. He noticed that Reiko, despite being busy, had deftly
touched up her face. With bright cheeks and moistened lips, there
was no shadow of sadness about her. As he saw these proofs of
his young wife’s strong character, he felt that truly he had chosen
the wife that he ought to have chosen.
C b ( sit cross-legged
ft L И [v'< й5 L V'] busy
~ V > Zz 12 while
ЖТ IHV'C] Reiko
< ] nimbly
[й'Зэ jo fix one’s face
& [ L £> ] know, realize
[li 'jrV <*] be cheerful, be bright
[< lip
[') S jot’] moisture
£ T increase
УТЬЛ sorrow
[jHf] shadow
&И [ЬЙ’Ч young
W [o i 1 wife @
Cl A this kind of
lA' [(itfLt’l intense, fierce
ftf& ] character
L -5 L sign, evidence
11 [(5Л > 9 i;] really, truly
[A 6 A] choose ®
—c? should, ought to
1^15 6 [й*A !!<£>] feel
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ФМ1 [t> *Ф 9 v J lieutenant ®
IF [ $ Й‘Т £ ] cup ®
“F'T [lii*l drink up, drain
"9~ C immediately, quickly
ЖТ* [M'C] Reiko®
tt/t'b [tbZrx.^] give, hand over
—Йе&~:£к'‘ [v't, not even
Ж' V' [ >2. v >J [imperative form] blunt, mascu-
line come ®
once, never
Й [ $ H]sake ®
^Ftr [cob] drink
ЖЖ1Е И&Й12] meekly, obediently
9 It -b take, receive
4o *? 4э -?• Z> timidly
□ 3r,Olt& [ < b it>(t ] put one’s
mouth to, begin consuming
'a') [v'djsay
ЖЛ [isо t] husband
Io side
11 < [v'<lgo
$:| ib IC [ b b tb 12 ] diagonally, sideways
IS 'C [Zc < ] [passive form in text] embrace
Ж [£Яа] chest, heart
{ilf L *\ [iilfL < ] intensely, fiercely
7Й1Т O [ Zc & d t>] beat, surge
L<Za [й‘$: LA-] sorrow
ti j^ti [t i ? L X emotion
Ж1Й [§Лт>]]оу
[t> i v>] strong
-t?-b mix
As soon as the lieutenant had emptied his cup, he offered it
to Reiko. Though she had never once drunk sake before, Reiko
obediently took the cup and timidly put her lips to it.
“Come over to me.”
The lieutenant said. Reiko moved to the lieutenant’s side and
was embraced across his lap. Her chest heaved as feelings of sad-
ness and of joy commingled like strong liquors. The lieutenant
looked down at his wife’s face. This was the last human face—the
last woman’s face—he would see in this world. The lieutenant
scrutinized its every detail, his gaze like that of a parting trav-
eler contemplating a beautiful landscape to which he will never
return. It was a beautiful face that he never tired of looking at,
no matter how much he looked; while well formed, it was not
cold, and the lips were delicately pressed together with a gentle
strength.
& & be as though
I? [o 5 ] wife @
Ж face ®
ЙП: ФТ *6 £> Ъ 'T] gaze down on
115У [ Ь^'Л] oneself, himself
CL <A> iff' [5] this world, this life
[Л-b] see ®
final @
A [ t ] person
к &] woman
Jr?A [Aff'tKt] traveler
C2 Kit — &V1 [{Z ft ~#V'J never again
Ж-& [ < Z>] come
АЙ1 [ 11>] piece of land
[ о o < LA'] beautiful ®
Ж А [Л. d <2 d ] beautiful natural scenery
A A <’ pour
[ZzlXZzA] setting out on a journey
HR A [ i %: $' L] gaze, look
[L,$minutely
'b [X Alt A Ascrutinize
V' b— T & no matter how much
[А гЬй'й] not tire of looking at
H 9 [ 11 о ? ] be regular, be perfectly
formed
?p A $ coldness
W [<t>cr&]lip
b 75' V ' soft
J] A k>] strength, power
15faintly, slightly
£-jf [hcf 'H [passive form in text] shut,
close
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d&foT [43 t ЪТ] without thinking
W [<W] lip
^I^T-Ь [-tto^/vt'b] kiss
•^^'77 presently, soon ®
Ж/$1'^> *\ [ Л5х> < ] realize something
Mfi [Zi'Jo] face
T <1 L L — & И not the slightest bit
МЖ [£ <fc £] sobbing, weeping
[Л-13 < ugliness
distort, deform
— (Г) (Z despite the fact that ~
Ш c? 11 efi"! [passive form in text] close,
shut
@ (<£] eye
MV1* [&Zdv-«] long
ВЙ eyelash
~<7)/Н’Г751 *b from behind
11Л [&&Zf] tears
W [ LT < ] drop
[o £'] one after another
[&Л4гТ’.£>] well up
ПНЙ. [£> L 0 ] corner of the eye
УС'Ь ] shine
jjiL^'L'b [^?й4'|г.^>] flow, stream
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— PH [{2т$ч>] second floor ®
[LAL"j] bedroom ®
h^> [£>>!)*&] [volitional form in text] go up
(^>) ') Ь let’s ~
flST [d 4‘йсТ] urge, prompt
[o i ] wife ®
ЖЁН^Д.гЬ [36 take a bath
lT< [v4]go®
Ж9 [</'•?] say
—A'C D T] alone
On an impulse, the lieutenant kissed those lips. Presently he
became aware that although the face had none of the hideous
distortion that accompanies sobbing, teardrops were welling up
from beneath the long lashes of her closed eyes and sliding in a
glistening trail down from the corners of her eyes.
When in due course the lieutenant proposed going up to the
second-floor bedroom, his wife replied that she would come after
taking a bath. The lieutenant therefore went up to the second
floor by himself, and entering the bedroom that was warmed by
a gas stove, flung himself down on the futon with his arms and
legs splayed out. Even down to the time he spent waiting for his
wife to join him, nothing was different from any other day.
Interlacing his fingers behind his head, he gazed up at the
ceiling boards, dim and dark beyond the range of the light from
the floor lamp.
КЖ b— *7 h — ’Y] gas stove
[&Z:Zc£>&] [passive form in text]
warm up
A & [ v' •£> ] enter, go into
iWEB t A] futon, bedding
E[C [~<Z)d £11] on top of
A^TlC [Zfl’O E.(z] in the shape of A
(i.e., legs and arms flung out)
i® Cl A [^a Cl Ъ At] throw oneself down
[<•?>] come
[io] wait for
H$|n] [U/pA,] time
faf—[frkO'to- &V'] not a
single thing
ИО E usual
& [й'Ъ-6] be different
SM [*/ci] head
— (7) f (C [~o L,ZJ1] beneath
[ b i 5 <] both hands
ffl.tr [< tr] link, join
17 У > b" floor lamp
[Ой’b] light
[<h Ь'й'А] not reach
A I S' A IfA dimly
ОвИ [ < f>V'] dark
X# [TA t ж ') ] ceiling
Ж [t’Ze] board, plank
[&й*<£>&] gaze at
[tWi] he
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1Й [>Мг] he
т' [v'3 ] now
[£-o]wait
?li [L] death ©
>X fltJ t' ”C to this extent
Ж [ ^ A L A] whole body
|’| Й [ W 91 free
l^b 9 [& Cb •) ] taste, savor
~ is it... or... ?
3F.daL-V' [< бЗэ lA'l crazy
!‘|^'Й [Л'А/й* < ] sensation
^1/ [ i. Ъ Z. tZ] joy
-? С. Ю t «X -6 those two things
ЙШ'1’ -S [ U Ф d A < T £ J overlap
tzi)' & just as
1^1 [1- < 1 flesh, sensual things
[ i < (?d 1 desires
h] window
~0У|- [~O<-1 ] outside
П Щ1Ж [ C h' 9 L Y ] automobile
jh’^s’3’ -& (i> t J&'i"Z] make noise
Ж [<&*>] road, street
М*ЙУ [й’Лзй'Ъ] one side
£§<?> [O Z £»] be left, remain
Ж [ФсИ snow
~lZ[u],9 ] head for
IS Ъ [^sA С Ъ ] [potential form in text]
feel ©
L6 either way
[WtI'1] lieutenant
ЖзАТ £> [И/гТ-Ь] kickup
"V tire
c? L Л- squeak, squeal
X. -6 be audible
Й < <T> [ tj fr < 69] nearby
Was he waiting now for death, or for frenzied pleasure of the
senses? The two overlapped, and it felt as though his physical
desires were headed straight for death. Either way, the lieutenant
had never before enjoyed such an absolute sense of freedom.
There was the sound of a car outside the window. He heard
the squeal of the tires churning up the snow that still lay on one
side of the road. The car’s horn echoed off the nearby walls. . . .
Listening to these noises, he felt as though this house was like a
lone island protruding from the ocean of society that was flowing
hither and thither, just as busily as ever. The country about which
he was so concerned sprawled out messily far away on every side
of the house. He was going to give his life for it. But although he
was prepared to annihilate himself to express his disapproval of
this vast country, he had no idea whether it would even deign
to notice to his death.
Ж- [^V'] wall, fence
9 V 9 У н У car horn
5tWT & j; echo
h‘ [£> h ] sound, noise
c? 5 listen
as usual
'It L <] busily
{tTTpj ') V'T Z>] come and go
Ltx? [L't'Ti'tq society
'$] [5 A] sea
— [~О&?H2] inside
МД (C L ? ] solitary island
|1£ЗлТ& [ о i)-Ь] rise up
05/ [Е^Л] oneself, himself ®
ЙЛ-Ь [nhi&l feel anxious about
PI [ < 12 j country ®
Ж [их.] house
Ъ (E around
< [ЙЙ£ <] on a large scale
[$<>£'/Lt] higgledy-piggledy
Ch'S spread out, extend
ftDfcWC for it
sacrifice
oneself
LT L however
(idestroy
oneself
[volitional form in text]
expostulate, admonish
'"-(<£) dLT-S be about to ~
[TXt" [§ £ huge
Ж/с Lt [HZ: LT] even (used to
emphasize a doubt)
“^Ш1 [н-эС] notice, consideration
Л&] give
know
-е-птхнот-гь&о l< Kct'ij
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йФ^гш^±'эт< ssmso й-1'Жой*1ж
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Й£ЙЛ,
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L^A LA-» [l±£(i'& LV'] splendid, glori-
ous
Ч’£^ [< А С x 9 ] battleground ®
iifUZl & — & V' [ZftLl- & — £и] nobody
L [ v ‘ ? is L ] meritorious deeds
7ЙТ [L^-TJshow
[Z: £ Lvj] soul
MitHJzf'jl [$t'-i?A-tt A] front line
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К Jp [HV'2] Reiko
I'Llx [ZnV'ZiZv] stairs ®
Jb.'b [#>Zn-S] go up
~X -2> indicates movement toward the
narrator
hl [& Lfe k] footstep
ihk' [Лold
Ж [v ‘ xj house
[£$>9&]steep
Ltf squeak, creak
LA- creaking sound ®
fefe LV' [4"S>t!piL.V'] familiar, nostalgic
Mй; L 's [4х A h’к < ] on many
occasions
M'W" [L 9 V'] lieutenant
ifiEEfc [ht'C] bedroom
{vf1^ [Jo] wait
[Л1 AU4'] sweet, lovely
leJ 'x [ # < ] hear, listen to @
[l* ft —^и] never again
AS, d [& & 9 ] think, consider
1Й [A'ii] he
1|- [&<&] ear
ШФ”L-S [ L Ф 9 L Ф 9 A-b] focus
кГЖ& [ё L x 9 Lx] precious
II^Ph] [ СЛ'А] time ®
That was as it should be. This was a battlefield without glory, a
battlefield where no one could display heroic deeds. It was the
front line of the soul.
There came the sound of Reiko’s footsteps ascending the stairs.
The steep staircase of the old house creaked a great deal. The
creaking reminded the lieutenant of the good old days—count-
less times while waiting in bed he had heard that same delicious
creaking sound. When he realized he would never hear it again,
he focused his ears in an effort to fill every fragment of every
instant of his precious time with the creaks that the soft soles
of her feet inspired. Time itself came to resemble a glimmering
and sparkling jewel.
— [и-э 1лАЛ'о L Z^] each
and every moment
IqtS'I'] soft
Kit. [ & L <?> d ] sole of the foot
J/’.'C Ъ make (a noise)
|?< 'G- *4 [<;£&<] throughout, in every
nook and cranny
ZEZlT [•ZxZc'M [volitional form in text] fill
~ (O 9 h to ~
[- try
ЙЙ [$ ьйё] glitter, sparkle
ЙО [(i£o]emit
[(i d jewel
CO (C & come to be like
ЯМо^АиЖТАГ, ФМ^'^ПиТ^АН-Ь t, кФ
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< W^jiiHTv^ i о t-A-oZio
Ж A [Hv'i] Reiko®
)lfA [ФjJ'Z:] light cotton kimono @
ФзФГЖ'^' [% СТ-^ЙСЛ] Nagoya sash
$ifrй£> ЛЕ> [ Lit»?>] wear (around the waist)
ffi2 [й CX] sash ®
ЙЛ4 [< и] red, crimson
iWffl [d T’^‘A] half-light, near darkness
H’f'tt [< <6ТЫ darken
ФШ' [L d vj lieutenant ®
-S ['С£й1()''Ь] touch, put one’s
hand to
Ф [<]hand ®
SBt %> [£Tit'S] help
Л [£>^£5] strength, power
— (Z'Otl’C together with
<?) 1st) <( quiver, flutter
U±L-S] run
jSi [Z:/:^] tatami mat
[tdt,^] fall
7^%) [§ -S] wear
~ 0 Ф as is, unchanged
Sf ['З t ] wife
ЖШ [ 0 i d Ь ] both underarms
Atk-Ь [v'tl-S] insert
tel < [Z: < ] [volitional form in text] embrace
~(С)д^'Ф'5Ье about to ~
/\7П [-^o < t>] opening in the under-
arms of a yukata
Ж [b|j] armpits
[ibZzZr^vJ warm
JUL [lit:] skin
Ш [HW’] finger
[(±? tr] [passive form in text] insert,
slip (something) in
teA: [ФJX$ ^] fingertip
Reiko had done up her cotton yukata with a Nagoya sash.
When the lieutenant put his hand to the sash, its crimson color
black in the half-darkness, Reiko’s hand joined in to help, and the
sash, unraveling, slid down to the tatami. Thrusting his hands
through the sleeve vents, the lieutenant made as if to embrace
her while still in her yukata-, but the sensation in his fingertips
when his fingers were caught in the warmth of her underarms
made him feel that his whole body was on fire.
Effortlessly and almost before they knew it, the two of them
were naked before the fiery glow of the stove.
Although they did not verbalize it, their hearts, their bodies
and their pounding chests were seething at the thought that this
would be their final act of love. It was as if the characters for
“The Final Act” had been written over every inch of their bodies
in invisible ink.
[/J"1 L, X < ] touch, feel
[-tf A L/C] whole body ®
[tz.alburn
T -5 ] feel as though, have the sensation
that ~
—.A [A^C 0 ] the two of them, they @
X h — 'У stove
АВД h ] firelight
~OBlfC [—05 it'] before, in front of
I'OO J before one knew it
$ Ъ C be in turmoil
Й [t?ia] chest, heart
[$ v>C.*0] final ®
'r’A [V'hfcA] act®
[& & и] thought
c? ЗЛО [b =? Co] boil, seethe
[L IS] character
5tL A [A*-x.-£> ] be visible
Ж [TЛ-] India ink
‘ч [ < 5 & < ] all over
[й1^ ' О] [passive form in text]
write in
[L-tf/CL] naturally
[(±O4t&£] get naked
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П IZi'I'iT [ < LU A A] say, utter
T' [3 i 6] heart, mind
iT [Ar £>Zf] body
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ФШ [ <э Ф д и] lieutenant ®
L [l±lf L < ] intensely, fiercely
£'И [t>#'V>] young
7? [^i] wife
[#'^ Zf < ] grab
%WltZ> [-tZo^/vt^] kiss
El А [XZ: <9 ] the two of them, they
[L 7г] tongue
'ШФ [i> K] partner
& <£> /n & smooth
□ [ < t>] mouth
Ф [ZcZrJ inside
|Щ i£ “C i "C] to every nook
and cranny
A LT^fe'n’ 9 [Zct^^d] check one
another, mutually explore and verify
if (Z. ( - ~* V ' nowhere
] show signs of
[ L < ] pain of death ®
ЖЖ ] sensation
К311Ъ] make red hot
Ж [’C<51 iron, steel
Д-Tb [^й‘/ гЬй1] deep red
Их X. £> [ £ tz я. Z> ] forge, temper
® С-Ь [Л'Л C&] feel ® (NOTE: Next
usage is in the potential form.)
ЖИ [<h£>и] distant
[й'Н£>] they
'1^11$$: pleasure
b [atv>tiA-^-b] refine, smelt
£> №J [ JS S X-] MASCULINE, FAMILIAR yOU
[Zi' t> Zf] body ©
M-Ь [<A&] see®
last time
The lieutenant drew his young wife roughly to him, and kissed
her. Their tongues delved into the smooth depths of each other’s
mouths, and they felt that the agonies of death, of which there
was still no sign, had tempered their senses to the red heat of
molten steel. It was these still-unfelt agonies of death, these dis-
tant agonies of death, that heightened their pleasure.
“This is the last time I’ll get to see your body. Give me a good
look.”
The lieutenant said. He tilted the shade of the lamp to one
side so that Reiko’s supine body was bathed in light.
Reiko was lying down with her eyes shut. The low light brought
out the undulations of her stern, pale flesh. With a touch ol self-
centeredness, the lieutenant rejoiced that he would never have to
see this beautiful body in a state of ruin.
X well, properly @
-b [<&•-£ %> ] show ®
<( ft [imperative form] blunt, masculine
please
71
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X > К floor lamp
[й'£] lampshade
[Й] 9 [trC. 9 ] other side
& [й'£trItZ>I tip, incline
Ж/сЪ-Ь [J: «iZcb&l lie down @
ЖТ* [it V> C.] Reiko @
ВД0 1*^1) Hight
Ш 51 C [ tz 4' 9е < ] hang over (like mist)
L”O x. -2) beautifully decorate
0 [9^0] light
CTЙ*4'] stern, severe
[L6V'] white
lAl [(’<] flesh
feifk [£Л» <( ] ups and downs
V' $ $ i)'* slightly
fll dll'J & IfJ С. T £ &] selfish, egoistic
feeling
ML-V1 [9 o < Ln] beautiful
PW [U< Леи] body
(£3 9 Лч>] collapse, destruction
h $ £] sight, spectacle
Й-Ь [A-6] see
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[г> <н] low
— # V4 "C'T" t? get by without doing
[ Ltbb-dr] happiness
-M-лЗ [ X Ъ Z -St] rejoice in
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ФЖ [L й> n v>] lieutenant ®
[;ЬТ:П-й*А:и] hard to forget
Мм [A^d ItV1] scene
( 0 t leisurely
>L' [Cl c 6] heart, mind
^lj t> [ £ $'fr] engrave, etch
Л*Т“ [й'АгТ] one hand ®
5c [А'Л] hair
[t Ttb-?"A1] play with
LT^'t^ gently ®
$eLV> [5 o < |_A4 beautiful
Ш. [Л'Й] face
Ж"C-6 IT-b] caress
В [*Ь] eye ®
M <( [£>£>£)<] proceed, tend
t C. place
"'O [tf t о t> t o] each and every
one
A,-t6] kiss
WiSl [£> COVcV'] forehead with a hair-
line that tapers down into a peak thus
resembling the upside-down silhouette
of Mt. Fuji; widow’s peak
LTgentle, calm
ФЛ:И [-оЛЛги] cold
Ж [OZrV1] forehead
(5<7)t!p& faint, indistinct
[ i ^Ф] eyebrows
— (Г) TL [— <7)L,y-{;] beneath
[&ЛЧ '] long
Ml’ [i^lfl eyelash
Z) [ S & Z> ] [passive form in text] protect
Ffl L [ t C-6 ] close, shut
[й'/с 1 COX vj shapely
M [{±£1 nose
Slowly the lieutenant etched the unforgettable scene onto his
heart. Toying with her hair with one hand and softly caressing
her exquisite face with the other, he planted kisses wherever his
eye roamed. The cool, quiet forehead with its elegant outline; the
closed eyes, guarded by long eyelashes beneath delicate brows;
the shape of the chiseled nose; the glint of the teeth, barely visi-
ble between the delectably plump and well-formed lips; the soft
cheeks; the clever little chin . . . they conjured up the radiance
of her face as it would look in death, and the lieutenant planted
countless fierce kisses on the white throat that Reiko was soon
to stab, until it flushed a faint red.
tz /z "T i ' form, shape
fullness
fSCD T V"* [(5 <b'CD i vj suitable
neat
# [<^tr^]lip
from between
7^41 dimly, faintly
Ф peep
PH [!±1 tooth
e c? glitter, sparkle
•’W? soft
[did cheek
'1тГ№1& [tiA' 0 £1 clever-looking
фсЦ' [tA'$ V'] small
chin
tl these
[ 13 о I’] really, truly
clear
face in death
.ei d [causative form in text] think
of, imagine
presently, shortly
ЖТ‘ Reiko
I b [ЛТй' b] on one’s own initiative
Wt is-tl Stab
Ez3 V "x white
ПРЖ AS [0 if t <h ] base of the throat
MЙ & Л if {> ] repeatedly
< [-Э <k < ] strongly
[’t?] suck
faintly red
~ T L Ш d thoroughly, completely
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J/c-b [ b h"&] return
$i< [t$'£ <] lightly
IF. "I” -b [£> ot Z> ] press
Й 5F [ t Л^Л] oneself, himself
0J11- [~О-j x. lz] upon
[7^ H light
Ft [Л-to] boat
Z: Ф Zr V ' swaying
[i9>tod ЗГй'Т] rock to and
fro
П$‘ПЙ13'Ь [ A £ t E. Z> ] shut one’s eyes
ittYr FttZniJ world
J® IS [X? £>Aj cradle
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H [tf>] eye
Ж-Ь [<&?>] look at
~ h jo 19 & as
[ t> i$ 3 1^12] faithfully
follow, trace
~"CFr *s [~Tl»<] indicates movement
away from the narrator
i4j^ <h [ZrZi'Z’Zi't] proudly, pertly
( [и |s <? < ] breathe
flK- [t>^$] breast
lilt* if < *o] mountain cherry
ft [li &] flower
'Ш [ol?A] bud
?LM [t < CH nipple
1^0 [{>-o]have
ft tj [^ < t?J [passive form in text] keep in
one’s mouth
[tJ'ZcV'] hard
W [trto] breast, chest
Returning to her mouth, he pressed his lips gently against hers
and rolled them back and forth with a motion like the swaying
of a small boat. He shut his eyes, and the whole world became
a cradle.
Wherever the lieutenant’s eyes went, his lips would faithfully
follow. The proud, panting breasts had nipples like the buds of the
flower of the mountain cherry, and they hardened as they were
taken into his lips. The beauty of the arms, which flowed down
so gracefully from either side of the chest, and their exquisite
roundness tapering down to the wrists; then, beyond them, were
the delicate fingers that had clasped the fan on their wedding
day. Confronted by the lieutenant’s lips, each finger hid in the
shadow of its neighbor as if ashamed. . . .
ЙМ [•) J; both sides
Z: Ti'IC gently
7Л L H $ Z> £ ] si ide away
W [ d "C"] arm
[•? O < L$] beauty
[43^-6] have (a quality)
'ДЛ- [^ roundness
•f’O ;£ (- in that state
[T < tX] wrist
<T) (i toward
Я1 -S [li-?- <£ Ы taper, grow thin
— “С1Ф < indicates an increase in ten-
dency
&] elaborate, exquisite
"TZi'Z: shape, figure
07^(3 (cl beyond that
previously
[it A. L ] wedding ceremony
Id [U] day
Ж [Йд 51 fan
Ж -b [ U &] grip, hold
[-it/v?i»&] delicate, fine
Itf [i$y=] finger ®
—[1/'-э1?АЛ>о1ТАЛ each one (of
long, thin objects)
HIJ 4? [~<T> i xt'] before, in front of
H d [ l± U ь ') ] be shy, be coy
each, respective
ZNf shadow, behind
KSH-b [й* < hide
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fa^'LTo?^ < tc^tzo
1Й [£?fa] breast, chest
ЙЙ [i± b] belly, stomach ®
jlll -b [ tz fa'-b ] make one’s way, meander
^tt.O ['СЛ-Йгиф] of nature, natural
[L-tfAz4'] natural (— uncorset-
ted)
4£H I < t^'fa] narrow part (= waist)
[^faIqtJ'^] soft
~ I ’ at the same time as being
5?-AZz [l±TЛ/Л] springy, firm
7j [t)' ib] strength, power
bend, cause to arc
L] loins, middle ©
spread, broaden
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|Н|Ш X < -Й"Л>] curve
.£ d ] foretaste
"t* give form to
in its own way
[v'$ $ not the
slightest bit
tt h L & $ slovenliness
I^Jf^ [fa < Zrf1] body
iELV'» [tztz faH correct
[ ^ ho] discipline, order (NOTE:
ЖЖТЕ Lk> regular)
[ ЕУ>"Т] show
f) [OtJ'O] light
эй <( [ h fa < ] far
F® tz Ъ [^Тг/сЪ] be distant, be apart
Д $ [ L 6 $ ] whiteness
Жй1? [1ФЛгй‘$] richness, abundance
[fafa & ] big
[li t>] bowl
il [JЛ; Afa] overflowingly
$!;X-Z> [ЛгЛгЛ'б] [passiveform in text] fill
Going down from the chest to the stomach, the naturally narrow
waist was soft but curved with a springy firmness, and while pre-
saging the generous curves that swelled down to the loins, it also
displayed the proper disciplined quality of a body with no trace
of slackness. Well removed from the light, the rich whiteness of
her stomach and her loins was like milk brimming over in a big
bowl, and the conspicuous, clean indent of her navel looked as
if it were the fresh mark left by a single powerful raindrop that
had bored its way into her just a moment ago. In the part where
the shadows gradually gathered and thickened, the hair rose in
a gentle, sensitive cluster, and there an odor like the burning of
fragrant flowers gradually grew more intense, together with the
ceaseless writhing of her aroused body.
ft [t>t>] milk
U' h Ь Ъ conspicuously
[£ X ъТ 4*1 pure, clear
И 7c [ < If 4Zf] concave, indented
IIh [^-f] navel
O' L [v'it L] just now, at that moment
[Oh one drop
FPhW [ d < В ] raindrop
[of < ] strongly
[d t54’o] drill, bore
[ L Л-ЙгЛ 4* ] fresh
[£>t] trace, mark
[rt’lf] shadow
[Ltzvdc] gradually
Ik [ h. <) thickly
Ж-6 [Л-э^ £>] gather
nfdf [с;Л<А.] part
[it] hair
$ L < gently, softly
[ОЛлрАДС] sensitively
[tritZco] stand in a clump
§ f) 60 r”j V ' [ji'-fe 0 QZcjS'V'] fragrant
-ft [l±4*] flower
ЖЧ-Ь [h.lf£] burn
'fe/V'1 [ic.fev >] smell
'T'ii [V'^(i]nOW
Hk S -S [ LT f -4 ] become quiet
li (in S о "0 (in & И) particle used
for emphasis
[d* LZflbody
t Ф V' ceaseless
[id <Ld ] swaying motion
— t ft- [C [— L h {;] together with
''Е'бОбЬТс I? that area
ibL-'f'o [Th. LT'5] little by little
й V' [Zrd'V >] strong, piercing
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ЖП* [Zlv^Cl] Reiko
/£^','C'&V'4 J not certain,
not sure
^Ef"C [X ЪХзТ/'-ХЧ'ЙЛТ] tone of
voice
S') [V'dlsay
Й^-Ь show®
& [bZcL]I
4э^1^ [ й & CT 0 1 polite keepsake,
remembrance
i <( well, properly
E3HMHKST
!ЙгИ [-э Xи] strong
iE^^ [-£и h ?&] justified, right
U9 # Ф 9 ] demand, request
4? h'$ H'l until now
~t ~-St V' [v^tb t"{> ~ZfcG] not even
once, never
W [g> f ] wife ®
U [ < t] mouth
Й-. 'b [ {> ft ] escape (one’s lips)
& truly
[ £ И i'-C] until the end
tMLo^ [-j-j (_-&] modesty
KB’t’ [Й1 < "EJ hide
& 0 thing, something
зЙ -b [ 15 <h (£ L •£> ] gush forth
fsfj ( [ § < ] [spontaneous form in text] hear
[t> Ф ? v>] lieutenant ®
ЖШ(~ [T^-feU] meekly, obediently
iitfcfa'b [X ClZct?&] lie down
№ [7i‘6Zd] body
Wt & [&T1} -& ] entrust, give over
Eventually Reiko spoke in an unsteady voice.
“Show me . . . Show me everything so I can remember.”
His wife had never before made this kind of forceful demand
for her rights; and because it sounded just like the bursting forth
of a feeling that modesty had concealed until the very end, the
lieutenant meekly lay down and gave himself over to his wife.
She gracefully raised her white, quivering torso, and excited by
a sweet eagerness to do to her husband what he had done to her,
with two white fingers gently stroked the lieutenant’s eyes shut
as they gazed up at her.
Reiko’s cheeks flushed with a dizzying rush of feeling, and she
reddened to her very eyelids. Unable to contain her affection, she
embraced the lieutenant’s close-shorn head.
ElJV' [ LZ> V'] white ®
Ъ [X 7 1 ? "Г -?> J sway, quiver
[('< ZcV'] body
L lithely, with suppleness
is Ci i-] raise oneself
fl A [is о t ] husband ©
exactly as
&~^i~ [й'Л’9'1 [volitional form in text] give
back,return
[&и <5 L vq sweet
[fa?!)sv>] desire, wish
[fa о T -6 ] get hot, get excited
IS о 11 mimetic fixedly
1Й A* [j5'O C i. ] she
•?> [&&1T&] look up at
И [*M eye
[izii A] two (long, thin objects)
tn [i$tX] finger
[&7isfaZ>] flow
Ж'С'Ь [fr’C<61 stroke, caress
[o,st^>] [causative form in text] shut,
close (eyes)
& [t^Z:] eyelid
[ibZi'fjti] redden
[t<t •? c? ] rush of blood to the head
® [lifa] cheek
-S [causative form in text] burn, flush
V'l L$ tenderness
[Zr x_?i'fa-6] be unable to
endure
[ Z1'Xj5? *9 ] buzz cut
Ж [i>Zrt] head
[ZiL#>£] embrace, hug
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[tf'&W] hair (on the head)
UK [t4Zc <] painfully
c* ?> touch, prickle
АЛ. [4з о £] husband
iwjV' high, prominent
Д [<±&] nose (NOTE: proud)
?p /г <( [огбЛ: < ] coldly
&b [й 0 -Z t?] sink into
M [v4 ^1 breath
< ] hotly
spillover
[й4<0 Ex] she
IS ^T1 pull away
55E>LV’4 [Ss <h d <o ЬЛ4] manly
[Л'Т>] face
Ь (£> ] gaze at
LA' [b *9 Lv'] commanding
Ж eyebrow
I'll $'t' 11 cTi"] [passive form in text] close,
shut
13 [£>] eyes
^7?•?> [tM4'C<S] superior, magnificent
Ь <k d ] bridge of the nose
*9 0 t tightly
shut, join
^LV"4 [ d о < LV'l beautiful
# К *>У='г] lip
W'H [&S> i'J blue
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Ж [I3i>] cheek
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lamp
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Against her breasts, her husband’s close-cropped hair felt painful;
his proud nose was cold as it sank into them; and his breath felt
hot. She pulled him away from her and gazed at his manly vis-
age. The commanding eyebrows, the closed eyes, the magnificent
bridge of the nose, the beautiful lips pressed tightly together . . .
and the blue-tinged, close-shaven cheeks that caught the lamp-
light and glowed so sleekly: Reiko kissed all of these, then she
kissed the thick nape of the neck, the strong, burly shoulders,
the muscular chest that resembled twin shields placed side by
side, and its russet nipples. A sweet but melancholy smell rose
from the clumps of hair in the armpits, where the sides of the
well-muscled chest cast deep shadows, and the sweetness of this
smell seemed somehow heavy with the reality of young death.
Ш *( [ZA^ < ] shine
ЖТ' [iW‘ c] Reiko
<0 43 <0 each one
OHf and then
[ЛА vj thick
Й®) [ < tKi" L] nape of the neck
[o J; v J strong
[И swell, rise
Ж shoulder
—tfc [12 t'] two (flat objects)
tS [Z:T] shields
[иЬ£>Ы±£] stick
together
[Zr < i Lt»] strong, muscular
Ж1 [trfa] chest ®
ffpfe [й'(±'1 A] russet, brownish
ЯЙ [*>< СЛ] nipple
<£> [ААЛ’?' kiss
lAl Fit О t V' [|: fleshed out
WKw [ •) x о t> & ] both sides
[Ctthick
[Z'lf] shadow
[to LT] cast
[xA T] armpits
[Ц] hair
Ь [ L-lf b ] clump, thick growth
II V' [&1J v>] sweet
[M A&] melancholy, gloomy
kJI' [12 jot'] smell ®
A tb Ж d [ tz i J; d ] rise, float up
It $ [ <fc 3 $ ] sweetness
W'Lb [& 12 A LA] somehow
[-tLt'jaZ] youth, young man
[ L] death
[ L о Z*A] feeling, reality, sense
<3 & -b fill, hang (in the air)
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ФЖ [t> Ф 9 v J lieutenant ®
Ш1 [liZf] skin
ЖЙ1 [t'^li'Zclt] field of barley
о1 [йчОЦ3 £ ] glow
3^0 [ & o] possess
V' tz -2> t Cl /> everywhere
lAl [ё AX <] muscle
clearly, distinctly
[О Ай*< ] outline
Ш'И’С^ [’S Clolc] plainly
гЬ f? show, display, reveal
ЖЙЙ (А^-э A] muscles of the abdomen
Й1) @ [tl%] crease, fold
M'F [Hvx] Reiko
ДЛ. [Jo-э h] husband
LV' [Ь^Ъ^Хи] youthful
‘j I c? <? /1 [t> В L J <? Аг] tight, firm (of
stomach)
—CD b Ц [-'•'OLAl-] beneath
'il’O $ LA' modest
[-tfv'^’l navel
fec-Ь [ LX•?>] squeeze, tighten
HU [ii “bl belly, stomach ®
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[it] hair
Jb 4э 9 [passive form in text] cover
ilfeLnJ'di [<tA^ X A*] modest, humble
_й,г£> [A<b]lookat
~ ~tb I - while, in the course of
presently, shortly
t? 3' tz L <( cruelly
[ё Ь $<] slit open
® 9 [Jo h d ] think, imagine
V'tL? tenderness, affection
— CD^O [--<Z)&^ b ] out of an excess of
The lieutenant’s skin shone like a field of barley, and the muscles
all over his body revealed their firm contours without shame,
pressing tight around the discreet navel beneath the serried
abdominal muscles. As Reiko looked at her husband’s young, hard
stomach—at that modest stomach covered by thick hair—and
thought that soon it would be sliced open savagely, she fell upon
it in a flood of tenderness, weeping and bathing it in kisses.
As the lieutenant lay there, he felt his wife’s tears falling onto
his belly, and this hardened his courage to bear the agony of the
stomach-cutting, no matter how excruciating it might be.
It is needless to dwell on the supreme joy they enjoyed after
passing through these preliminaries.
iv [4* I? throw oneself upon
in tears
kiss
‘iri ЧГ <5 tT-tt ] shower with
ЕЯНЙк-
[i lie down
Й 5J* [ A-] oneself, himself
C [passive form in text] pour
££ £ I wife
tears
С & [й'Л L£] feel
extreme, intense
TO suicide by cutting one’s
stomach
M [<odl pain, agony
ЖЛ-Ь [volitional form in text]
endure
ЛЖ ') £1 courage
I-M J6 2) [Л'Л: Й & ] harden
course
[^•6] experience, go through
— A ] the two of them, they
t'TUi if to what extent
3TkO [ L L J: ') 60] supreme
tT [ J: Ъ £/] joy
ОТ-Ь ') [& 13 Ъ ') ] taste, savor
v J it need hardly be said
ЛйИйийё Lftfco г.ЛИ££ойИ1зЛ^й5'
Kttfc L < ШгЗФ-^о Kf-QftiiBx-CV'Z:,, fftc
iWh./iW tfW t <± L-этМ йй >9 t ЙШ& i
t Й^вГвЁКЙЬПб(if, £i< -СЛ5
-oltbfc. 1НЧ±Ш|-Л£'о
ASW^ffT, Xa<5ft<gW-C-OoZ:0 ФЙ!Л
*.J:6< ПА.М' £>X
ДШИИШ ? №'£„ ..........-E’L’C, -bto<’
19 t i SAl±.S>fcfcO
Sir, Sits it L £ *> * < ,
ФШ [L & ? V'J lieutenant @
L [do i5 L < ] heroically, bravely
[&£ Jo Cl •$*] raise oneself
LA [й»&L&] sorrow
1М 1&Л-Л:] tears
Co Zc *9 L Z: dog-tired, limp
W Li] wife
{£ [Zt'^Zc] body ®
AirifeV"1 U'J strong, powerful
W [d "Cl arms
•Й c? L & [Zf ё L гб-б] embrace
— A [Л>Л: 0 ] the two of them, they ©
£tj© ($ (ф d <Z)J left and right, both
Ж [tiij] cheek
[Z:ZJV't>ZsV'H] alternately
jo L < [ < •& L < ] crazily
Й'Н'ко’д [Л4г&'?1 [causative form in text]
press against each other
Ж-f- [tit'Cl] Reiko ®
']$ A ?> x. Z> ] shudder, tremble
iL [2btZ] sweat
Iffir tL ?> [a& H Z> ] get wet
[tria] chest®
L0Z1 firmly
lli'i 19 fj'L’L Ъ [t± &b-tZZ>] [passive form
in text] stick together
ZJjc L [ ic if h ] ever again
[td^H-Ь] part, separate
^«Гпе [Л>^Од] impossibility
Ж 9 [io £> 0 ] [spontaneous form in text] think
— (5. t" to the extent that ~
i&V' [Ъ^и] young
^LV' [9 о < LA1] beautiful
IW [IC < Лги] body
РД “С [T& i ”c] to every nook
and cranny
168
The lieutenant resolutely raised himself and took his wife—her
body drooping with sorrow and with tears—in his powerful
arms. They nuzzled frenziedly, cheek against cheek, now this side,
now that. Reiko was trembling all over. Their sweat-drenched
chests were clamped firmly together, and down to the last cell
their beautiful, young bodies became so much one that it seemed
they could never again be separated. Reiko uttered a cry. They
plunged from the heights to the depths, and from the depths,
taking wing, they flew back up to dizzying heights. The lieuten-
ant was gasping for breath like the regimental standard bearer
on a long march. . . . No sooner had one cycle come to an end
than, their emotions brimming over, they would come together
again and once more scale the summit in a single surge, with
no sign of tiring.
—O [£> i o] one
Pl|-X cry out
[Zzhigh place ®
[£t <] infernal regions, the pit ®
[£*>£] fall
Ж [o(±' wing
get, obtain
X [S Az] and again, once again ©
Ei & to < [Й> < ?> Й < ] get dizzy
ХЙ1Ъ [£> £ -6 ] fly through the
heavens
-b [£> J 9 < ~tZ>] march far
Wi'FMMCT [ft/vfcV'& L ф] regimental
standard bearer
HfW C [&Z. <"] pant
— b to C 0 [ O' h tb <* b ] one round
end
Zc ti> S at once
IWaS [ t X d v J emotion
abound, brim
again
$ Л-Ы come
together, unite, join hands
iSUt-b [ой’fiZ>] get tired
It L a1 sign
—'.iUC [O'h V'й in one stretch
ТЙ c? [1'ZzZz^] summit
[OlfS] climb
C [~"CV'<] indicates movement
away from the narrator
&ио --э(с|±ИЖ(сЦГ^5#Л'*^мМТ-Ьг t £'КП
Ж-й'^-СгЬ-Ьо -эС1±>^1 *9 Д**9
«2> ФШ?(±о М WI-STvoioiilz, Й-ТЧ’А
AL < Zlzimt-otzo “Ali^^Ot t,
^•StMLt. Lo tgi'X#il.o»-CV'50
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!±*V'o zm>tz 19 ®«liLAL LT> $©ШШ
M- [ L] four
81
ПФ [ t ] time
[fco] pass, elapse
4' Mt [fa Ф d и] lieutenant ©
•It[<&£(±&T1 draw ones body
away ©
[fa^ (±*С£] be thoroughly
tired (of something), have enough
for one thing, on
the one hand ©
ШЯ R о ^ < ] suicide by cutting one’s
stomach
•?> [ X 9 "t" %> 1 require
^V"* [oiv'] strong
)j [ fa fr h 1 strength, power
jiOxlT-b [ITA reduce
-|ЧЬП^ [fa-HU] fear©
&> i 4 too much
^Л'Ь [tr $(?•£>] be greedy
— "t" ё' 'b (do) to excess
[$V"'Cf0] final
[т!рА/С/&] sweet, lovely
.Щ. I' Ж [is {л ’ "C] memory
Jitfa-b fa6] spoil
82
Ito 4 clearly
V (Г) t 9 I- as usual
ЙЁ'Т* [faV'C.] Reiko
ykALX [fa t & L <] meekly
fzt 9 [ L Zt ') ] follow
-А [Л>/г t) ] the two of them, they
i [C±Z5ZpO S i] naked as they
were
Г ["Cj hand
In [Ф?7] finger
4
When, after some time, the lieutenant drew away it was not
because he had had enough. For one thing, he was afraid of erod-
ing the enormous strength that disemboweling himself would
demand. For another, he was afraid that overindulging himself
might taint his last, sweet memory.
As the lieutenant had clearly pulled away, Reiko, as always,
meekly followed suit. Still naked, the fingers of their hands inter-
laced, and lying on their backs they gazed intently up at the dark
ceiling. They soon stopped sweating, but the fire in the stove
meant they were not in the least cold. Around them, the night
was still; even the noise of cars had ceased.
A d [causative form in text] be inter-
twined
fflMt -S [ i*' i 9 ] lie on one’s back
bot mimetic fixedly
0g И [<bv>]dark
[TAX i d) ceiling
[Tsofc-b] stare
if' [&-£"] sweat
— 0^(3 Cl’] temporarily, for a
short while
‘J К [ О < ] go away
indicates an increase in ten-
dency
X f stove
[t№o] heat of a fire
— because of
dz L — %£ V ' .1 L t £.* v'] not the
slightest bit
[^tAjcold
this area
[ =t & ] night
L А Ь "T mimetic be quiet, be still
Ш [< -S i) car
a' [tsi] sound, noise
— $ A even
X. -b [t Zf x. -6 ] cease
Г\ ^ОЙ?йо^^нЖ-Ж^|ШЬ/г&ИоШ(г1
£ 7 £ X 7 1'ой’(
f,n. г г i-ci±®v><**v'o гоЖЖо—®|г, 3-
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Йо J; о x-&z>o
8з> nAl±|*lMU-B£<V'^> АД?,*9
AlfiM Ote±0'IO£®A4?<-w;z>o -f-O—Вй-й\
MOOL i < Ж i ?
©^ЙЧЙ«оТЛ'&0 ©v>X#«U«, L^LfClc
5EOtosltv'-cv^0
h -r.O#lijgoT<i^^V'0
РЧ [ <fc x> 4? x. £ ] Yotsuya Station
^Alirl [й‘И;Ьи] vicinity, neighborhood
^1^ЖЖ [L X 7 -£A-"C^ L<d Shoscn
Densha (common name for the state-
run train)
l|j V£ [ LT'A] streetcars
sound, clang
1Ж [ISO] moat
lAlffl I 7 inner side ®
$t%> [CZftt-blecho
— ii & 0 only, just
А'-ЙЖ'В [ёЬй’^й4 0 5 Ф 7 ] Akasaka
Palace
— Ii(l H i A] in front of
V' -6 V' wide, spacious
ШЖ IL 'P ] road
fi"3”?) -5] face
&1Й [^ d X. A,] park
[ ^ 0 ] trees, grove
-?> [ $ x. #* & ] [passive form in text] block
Л1 < [ t <t' < ] reach
~'C [-''<<&] indicates movement
toward the narrator
ЖЖ [ t ? x d) Tokyo
[ v»о й1 < ] area, corner
[v1 i <j] even now
ZlO [Л/со] two
& [-K/vflo-tZ>] split
ЖЖ [^7<-a]Imperial Army
[^V'ZcV’1 ti’6] confront
[ S A<±’< й'А] tension, strain
Й [?-?] lie, falsehood
83
ISA [AjZ: i) ] the two of them, they
X. -S [ t> x 6 ] burn
APu *7 [(if D ] heat, burning sensation
The rumblings of the trains and streetcars near Yotsuya station
echoed in the area bounded by the moat, but blocked out by the
trees in the park facing the broad boulevards in front of Akasaka
Palace, did not reach this far. The tension in this corner of Tokyo,
even now, with the Imperial Army split into two factions engaged
in a standoff, seemed like an illusion.
As they felt the fire smoldering within them, they remembered
the supreme ecstasy that they had just enjoyed. They recalled
every single moment—the taste of endless kisses, the feel of each
other’s flesh—picture after picture of intoxicating delight. But
the face of death was already visible upon the dark boards of the
ceiling planks. Those joys had been their last and would never
again revisit them.
13 & [d'AL-6] feel
il now
[&tbd] taste
’fr *9 just now
[trUi do] unsurpassed,
supreme
[М» h < ] pleasure
t'd call to
mind
[и-э L, «Ф Ai'o L Ф A] each
and every moment
[o endless
[-tf-o-StA] kiss
[ЗЬСЬИ taste
JUL [liZc] skin
iBfti [A A L1 <] touch, feel
R ?> £> ’С [O < Z> tb < ] get dizzy
[3 С Ъ J; $] delight
— Й [O<b C £ V'ii C ^] each and
every frame
.® d [do d ] think of, picture
BnV> [< bvj dark
Ш [tAt i d 1'Л] ceiling plank
L & L however
already
[ L] death
Ж [AdJ] face
Wi *4 [O-f* < ] be visible, show oneself
U Ctrl joy
[$V'Lv5> d ] the end
[U ft — A V'] never again
[A]body
^-о’СЖ'Ь (Ax.о t < &] return
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tz Z E tzo
Ml •7 <Z) tZ [4э £> 9 Oiz] one can imagine
V ' Z)*IZ ~ {> no matter how
/Ь] live long
$) fl (i t" to that extent
ШСИ- [зб'Л^) rapture
-6 [ t') tzxxf •£] attain, arrive at
~Й£££к^ [iz if t&V‘] never again
(5 !3f virtually
Ж-^Ь [Л'< Co] certainty
,cU' [is i и] thought
— К [^Z: h 1 the two of them, they
"'£() for both
M С & C] the same
££
Й>"гп ? [й^гбгЬд ] intertwine
lu $ c“ [ 1Ф Угг? ] fingertips
iSfiill [й'Л L i < ] feel, touch
presently, shortly ©
? H 1Л ч ] [passive form in text] lose ©
|Д'£] now
M •?> [<&-&] see, look at
HbjV4 [< £>v^] dark
X» [TА, С x 9 v^Zr) ceiling plank
11 [&<#>] grain of wood
1ЙШ l Ь <t 9 ) pattern
— £ X. even
[ L] death ©
t/Zz t up close to
snuggle up close
~T [-—“£<£] indicates movement
toward the narrator
L -b [Zr*Л C & ] (potential form in text] feel
UrF^'^'t’ [b 9 o-f ] pass the time,
allow time to go by
But then, it was almost certain they would never again attain such
rapture, no matter how long they lived—so they both thought.
The sensations of their intertwined fingertips would fade away.
Even the wood-grain pattern they were looking at on the dark
ceiling boards—that, too, would soon be lost. They could feel
death creeping up on them, closer and closer. They could not
put it off. They had to exercise courage, go forth and seize that
death with vigor.
“Right. Let’s get ready.”
The lieutenant said. The remark was delivered in a resolute
tone, but Reiko had never heard her husband sound so warm
and kind.
[i & Ь & И must not ~
-Й M "S’ A d d & £ «£> -S ') 1 wield
courage
C b A* *d themselves taking the initia-
tive
go and grab hold of
~ b 4* И have to, must
JXA о t) husband
С. Д13. L'J "ClC to this extent
warm, friendly
5 Ln] gentle, kind
pf [Clx_] voice
t? <( hear
85
$ efo right, well then
[ Lfc <&•'$&] [volitional form
in text] make preparations
EQHHHK
i-pft [Z> Ф ') v>] lieutenant
ri' d В’ d1 say ® (NOTE: Next usage is
in the passive form.)
Zc L ZNC certainly
iLdfeZl-b A,Z:&] determined
1 ') L] tone, manner
W T [tU'Cj Reiko
87> 'It
esc фвйз-^а-йн Hi
^Тй'вЖЙ&
jgA-Cfflfefco
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9ik Pi <*^AU*i9 i Lfcftft.
Й' «Z. "t’ [Л & j3 A T] raise oneself
ftL-И [v'-f-Zn’LA*] busy
ft Ж [L-C'h] work
^O [ £ o] wait
•I’W [t>*9» 9 vj lieutenant ®
^/" i "C [v’t it'] until now
—Ж & — & V' [v't> t% ~&V'] not even
once, never
ТЧТ [h ГЮй if $ tf] putting
in and taking out the futons
[ToZf 91 help with
cheerfully
ЭДАН [isLv'H] closet
f!jl [A.'f i ] sliding door
^>tt -b open
T'T Д* b [ АТй' h J with one’s own
hands
ЖВЯ [A. t A] bedding, futon
carry
put away
89
• X b '— gas stove
[£>& h turn off
X > К floorlamp
J'l'ffHt-Ь [й'А'ФЦ.Ь] put away
ф [Si"f>i$9] while someone was
away
Ж"?* [tiV'Cl] Reiko
п^Ж [^^1 room
1r:S [-tfi' ] tidying
*3” J -ft Ъ finish, take care of
"t" L 'ч freshly, refreshingly
МЕ£&”!Г'?> [? 9 t £'£'?>] clean
Once they got up, there was a great deal of work to be done.
The lieutenant, who until this moment had never once helped
with laying out or putting away the bedding, cheerfully slid open
the closet door and picked up the futon and put it in.
They then turned off the gas stove and put the lamp away.
Since Reiko had already tidied and cleaned the room during
the lieutenant’s absence until it was spic-and-span, aside from
the rosewood table that had been dragged off into a corner, the
eight-mat room looked exactly like as it did when serving as their
reception room about to welcome an important guest.
“We had good times drinking here, with Kano, Honma and
Yamaguchi.”
“Yes, they all enjoyed a good drink.”
~ T \ and leave it that way (for a fu-
ture purpose)
A] one corner (of several)
1 [passive form in
text] pull to one side
^€1® [LAA] rosewood
Ж [A <] table
— other than
A®(D fill [(±^> C J;eight-mat
room
АЖА [AV 12A] important
?5r [ v < ] guest
play host to
[—£ xj before
[£ < £] parlor, sitting room
appearance
[т5'Ъ-6] be different
plenty®
[Otr] drink
~ A, = — I» <T) used with emotive par-
ticle A to express admiration
ЛПЖ [Awd 1 Kano
ЖНИ [НА£] Honma
[_L|d [Vi <*+>] Yamaguchi
&fhA IC & & [is12HONORIFIC
drink
feminine particle combination
used to draw attention to a reality
$ Л [Л A 5 A] polite everybody
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HRO± l-'hW^ЗсТОИоА^^ДЙШ^Л^,
г£)ИС>|^ BRUSQUE,AFFECTION-
ATE those fellows
[^ЙЧ'-Э t>H] soon
Ж-J^s [it>V'> if] the other world
xx d [#> ') 1 [potential form in text] meet
~ $ particle used to give emphasis to an
assertion
jofjlj [ioi A] MASCULINE, FAMILIAR you
['Ofl’C < Z>] bring (someone
somewhere)
[&•?>] see
$ -? no doubt (used when empathizing
with the experience of another)
BRUSQUE, AFFECTIONATE those
fellows
'fribfr'j [passive form in text] tease
T" I) 3 ] descend
ФШ- [L Ф b t'] lieutenant ®
[v'i]now
brightly
Ж'Кл -Ь [ТЛ t -? &o{J&] turn
on (electric) lights
In t X d 4'1 spotless, pure
пБЙ\ [•'''№] room ©
iSlRl ( («^ Ь й < ] look back at
[Otr] drink
M I ? Ъ <?] get boisterous
ЖЭДЖ& Itr ё &] guileless
O1't2nS [ IS i Ali’& L] boastful talk
[-tit'AiA Lx 9^9] young
officer
Ш [ face
1?-^ [d й'^>] come to mind
Й [ E3tA] oneself, himself
93
]4=f I' [йч>й>] downstairs®
“Г11 be meeting ’em over in the other world in no time. Bet
they’ll give me a ribbing when they see I’ve brought you along.”
As he went down the stairs, the lieutenant turned around
to look at the immaculate room under the brightness of the
newly switched-on electric light. The faces of the young officers
drinking, merrymaking, and innocently bragging appeared in
his mind’s eye. He had never then dreamed he would end up
cutting his stomach in this room.
In the two downstairs rooms, the couple busied themselves
with their respective preparations as tranquilly as flowing water.
The lieutenant went to the toilet, then to the bathroom to make
himself pure and clean; Reiko, meanwhile, folded up her hus-
band’s padded kimono and laid out the jacket and trousers of his
uniform together with a loincloth of freshly cut bleached cotton
in the bathroom;
[l± G & ^ £>] cut one’s stomach
never imagine in one’s wildest dreams
— fflf [Л>£: i ] two rooms
ТЖ [Л> 9 Л>] couple
Ж [&T] water
flow
h [ft/Cfc/v t ] calmly, coolly,
unconcernedly
each, respective
fl'S [ L fc < ] preparations
V'-?" Lti* busy oneself
ТАД’A [f> j: 9 flCfco] go to the
toilet
OV'f next, while one is at it
Ik [Zn^Zc] body
fu Ф <£ Л ] purify, wash
{^>6 if] bathroom ®
go into
f- (7) $) V> Zz meanwhile
ЖТ [ftnd] Reiko
Й.А [43 o it ] husband
j’fliij ] large padded kimono
[fcfctd fold up
ЖЙ12 [ < /v-К < ] military uniform
.h Ь [ С1 9 If] jacket and trousers
Ш 60 I c? tzXO] freshly cut
|Щ<7) [$ £> Lfl] bleached
A'X [^ < L f < ] fundoshi, loincloth
fit's [43 < ] place, put
$ ? леи -ed rm;
ПЙЙЙ1
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jfi t j; [и L x ] final note ©
W [Zi1 < 1 write
~Zz#)<Z) for the purpose of
[J±Az L] writing paper
с? [t> л:Zf V'] low dining table
[~O-? x.iz] on ©
ЖЛ-Б [-f-5Л5] arrange
$ "C and then
(й£н [i"fh (f^l inkstone box
S: [^Zz] lid
h %> take off, remove
Дг [ТЛ] stick of India ink©
[t^>] prepare (ink) by grinding (an
ink stick) ®
j5:4ij [$>A,<] phrase
^~"C(3 already
^"X-zb [ZhA/Z^'x.&] think of
95
Ж~Р* [fiV'Cl] Reiko
[1ф (7] finger ©
[oibZzt''] cold
<ferS [ Л l±’ < ] gold leaf (of characters
written on an ink stick)
[£><*] press
(T’fd «О 9 A] well of an inkstone
MS [ < 6 < t г < 9 Л] black cloud
spread out
[Z: tj i>] at once
ft ?» [ < & i> ] become cloudy
[т’р'сХЭ E. x ] she
fi^- [ L <’£] action
M-fS [Id< ] repetition
iSz/j [i>x> b X < I pressure
Zp'Tfaint
rf [is h] sound
on the dining table she set out the paper for writing their final
messages, then, having taken the lid off the inkstone case, ground
down the ink stick. She had already made up her mind about
the phrasing of her final message.
Reiko’s fingers pressed the cold gilt characters on the ink stick,
and the well of the inkstone soon darkened, as if a black cloud
were spreading across it. She willed herself not to think that this
repetitive action—the pressure of her fingers, the faint noise ris-
ing and falling—was for the sole purpose of death. It was no more
than an everyday domestic task to casually break up the time
until death finally appeared before her. But there was darkness
beyond words in the sensation of the ink tablet growing smoother
the more she rubbed it, and in the intensifying smell of ink.
The lieutenant emerged from the bathroom, his uniform neatly
worn over his nakedness.
coming and going
U' Z: "T solely
[ L] death ©
~ <0 Zz Й Zz t that (something) would be
for the purpose of
Zz X. [й'Ат^х. -6 ] think, consider
stop
V' <£ V' Ji finally, really
-b %] be right before
one
— as
lit Z1 $ [АЛ^А?] smoothness
[^'t'l increase
1'ЛЙЙ [й'А L J: < ] touch, feel
O0)£ intensify
[{CiJV'] smell
unspeakable
Hu c? [ < $ ] darkness
96
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simply, plainly
Ь] 1) M t? [ b ё $'tr] cut to pieces
[rt'ld <£ ') $!±A] everyday
occurrence
ft* [L-C.*h]work
~ IZ * $ & к' be no more than
LZp L however
ЖЖ [i"l±Zc] bare skin
ЖЛН [ < ] military uniform
'b /v t properly, neatly
W-S [ё •&] put on, wear
Ф 9 vj lieutenant
ЖйШ UA If] bathroom
<$b Ь Ъ appear
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ЖЖи? [ ъ-KZfV»] low dining table
[~O j£ x_{Z] in front of
[-thn $ -6] sit straight
upright (with legs folded underneath
oneself) on tatami matting
Ж [Л.Т] brush ©
t •?> pick up
il£ [й'Л] paper
~ RU [—£ S x.UT'b] put in
front of oneself
hesitate
Ф < go
Д'^ГгУйб-Б [A £ f£>&] wash oneself
Id-TtfLi д^-Гг] put
on light make-up
[TtJ'/c] dress, appearance
[Ъ] living room
[T'T<^]come out
[ t d й‘] under the lamplight
ФЖ [12Л L] writing paper
t [ < Ъ < 6 £ ] very black
98
[Лиг] Reiko©
Ё1 JlSfti [ L A tr < ] white silk kimono ©
~ЙЧХ. [f> 6 Л] single set
[ h *э] carry, hold
Ж@Ш [Л> 6 If] bathroom
ЙЖ [г d <^] Imperial Army
7j [If A $’ V'] long live...!
[h < CAIi^V'] army infantry
'hW [t? Ф d и] lieutenant ®
В^ЦИзЖ [fclf-’f’i LAU] Takeyama
Shinji
Then, without saying a word, he seated himself rigidly upright
by the low dining table, picked up a brush and paused over the
paper before him.
Reiko went into the bathroom carrying a white silk kimono,
washed, and put on some light make-up. When she came back
out into the parlor dressed in the white kimono, written on the
paper in the lamplight she saw the bold black strokes of the final
note. . . .
“Long Live the Imperial Army! Army Infantry Lieutenant
Takeyama Shinji.”
. . . was all it said.
While Reiko was sitting opposite him and writing her final
message, the lieutenant, silent and grave-faced, stared at the
precise movements of his wife’s white fingers as they held the
brush. * V
99
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jfiVr [Vs L J: ] final note ®
[&•?>] [potential form in text] see
100
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V ' Zz while
[LAltA&] serious
WU [-fe £> t>] look, face
Lr'O [& o] hold, carry
Ф wife
ЙИ [L^o] white
Jia [Ф JX] finger
yfti'lhAz [ZzAltv>£] neat, precise
Й [ d ' cf ] movement
[Aos’)stare
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®7J [ ('Л t 6 ] military sword
1т1Л-2> [ZrT^A^] hold
W f* (tiV'C] Reiko
МШ [ L 61> < ] white silk kimono ®
ffj [Ь"СЛ] sash
1Ш^!! [й’ИЦА] dagger
$ L ti $ tr insert
1ШШ [и L J: ] final note
Wo }&-?] hold
1ФШ [Z^Z: 4'] household altar
— [~OJ x.(2] in front of
dfcdrl [% 6^] stand side by side
-b [ < <t 9 "F & ] pray silently
-Ff [Л4] all
extinguish
— R5 [ J second floor ®
_!'. ?) go up
l^x [/i'i'ZfA-] stairs
® d 1 halfway
iKlffJ <C [Л> fj tr < ] look back
[nJ [-’f’A] darkness
^Оф/j'f) from within
[Л> LadZnti 12} with down-
cast eyes
[Zi'ft] he
(*Ё 9 [ L Z: о ] follow
[ol?&] climb
after
1^ F [Zi'V'ji1} downstairs
Жа electric light
"C *( -b indicates movement toward the
narrator
[°»1 wife
[TZJZc] figure, appearance
The lieutenant held his sword in his hand and Reiko thrust
the dagger into the sash of her kimono, and, clasping their final
messages, they stood side by side before the household altar, pray-
ing in silence. Then they turned off all the downstairs lights.
Turning around halfway up the staircase leading to the second
floor, the lieutenant gazed in awe at the beautiful white-robed
figure of his wife as, eyes modestly downcast, she climbed after
him up the stairs and on out of the darkness.
Their final messages were placed side-by-side in the alcove
upstairs. They felt it would be appropriate to take down the hang-
ing scroll, but since it was the work of their go-between, Lieuten-
ant General Ozeki, and, more importantly, consisted of the two
characters for “sincerity,” they left it as it was. They imagined
that, even were splashes of their blood to soil it, the lieutenant
general would understand.
[t'O < beauty
Ё1 [Й £&(£-£>] open one’s eyes
in wonder
102
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[& £>-<-?>] arrange side-by-side
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ШЙ1 C < 1 hanging scroll
take down
—should, ought to
№ A 9 h'] go-between, matchmaker
Ж1Ш Ozeki
T'W' Ф 9 U J; 9 1 lieutenant general ©
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LZP& moreover
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— i rf t-2 [~ £•-£(;] putting (something)
behind one
1E £ 9*-6 [-tttsit straight
upright on tatami
Ж73 [ <‘Д E d ] military sword ©
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~ФшП- [—co £ x_ (г] in front of ©
Ш Zl Л %> [£ CL tz z. Z> ] lay down
"T^T everything
61"* [f|V'] white
W [< W£] lip
WJ C [li < J put on, paint
[9 ^и] pale, light
M [^tz] lipstick, rouge
J\.-^ 9 [Z^V'-g-9 ] very
1Ё7$'& [гЬ'С-^’й'^] seductive
ЙЛ. -Ь [&x. &] look, seem
Hl-J1 [ЛиС1] Reiko ©
[ZzZzAA'tj IL J; •?] one tatami
— Л [л>/г 0 ] the two of them, they
Co t .mimetic fixedly
S & Я.ЗсЕэ’З* look at one
mat’s width ©
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t 6 place
ЖкИ% [XrA^'i-Ъ] sit upright
another
Й-Ь [<&£] see, look at ©
fyLIK. [ L- i wedding night
[istV'Zf-t] recall
[Z»'&ЬЛ-) sorrow
Sitting upright with the alcove post behind him, the lieutenant
lay the sword down before his knees.
Reiko sat stiffly at one tatami mat’s remove. She was clad
entirely in white, so the thin film of rouge she had applied to
her lips looked particularly alluring.
Separated by a single tatami mat they gazed intently at one
another. The lieutenant’s sword lay before his knees. The sight
reminded Reiko of their wedding night and she found the sorrow
of it unbearable. The lieutenant said in a muffled voice:
“As I have no second, I plan to cut deep. It may look ugly, but
you must not be afraid. Death, after all, is a fearful thing when
seen from the outside. When you see it, you must not waver.
Understand?”
“Yes.”
Reiko nodded deeply. * V
[fcЛ -6 ] bear, put up with
[43 L^ 6 LAr] hoarse,
strangled
Л1' L’ x.) voice
BO [V'dJsay
D'V' L < ] second (assistant at
ritual suicide)
< (Л.Л' < ] deeply @
W -Ь [ с? Z> ] [volitional form in text] cut
~ (6) o H (*) d ti4?)
intend to
Lv'] unsightly
~t LH &L probably
[i be afraid
~ T ti V"»/V masculine mustn’t
either way
th [ L] death
& CO thing, something ®
((±A:A1 >o] from outside
LV> LvJ fearful
[&£’] see
[< Lit 6) lose heart
— T At L> A masculine mustn’t
V > V ' & masculine all right? got that?
ИК: «* • l
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& <£ Ф Zp & slender, willowy
Ж [A-tfn] appearance
M-Z> [&•£>] see
[ L] death ®
~ iU"3~-b [~£ ± xJ-T £1 put in
front of oneself
ФШ [t? n> d V'] lieutenant @
A L J & strange, extraordinary ®
[ t ? "tt'J intoxication, rapture
РЖЪ 9 [& Cb d ] taste, feel
<q [v > £ ] from now
Й^Ь [ El-KA] oneself, himself ®
ФФ-?> [tf < L^t4] undertake
UFT [й1О<] previously
[oi] wife ®
-Z> [Aif-S] show ®
Ж A [ <"A C. A] soldier
~ <h L T in one’s role as
[fojo-^lf] public
[Cl *5 и] act, deed
[-thAtlx d] battlefield ®
[lto-tbA] decisive battle
^LV'i [Ob Ln] equal
Ж1п [й1 < LT] resolve
Цг-Ь [t'S] need, require
[ t*d t d b’o Lo] equal in
quality
Й5^ [ C-^A] oneself, himself ®
[t'i] now ®
[Фfigure, appearance
110
(Г) fleeting
£J®, [If A-?- 9 ] fantasy
[<± L A] bear away
188 SI
When he looked at her willowy white elegance, the lieutenant,
his death before him, felt a curious intoxication. What he was
about to carry out was a public act of himself as a soldier—some-
thing he had never before shown his wife. It was a death equal
in rank and quality to death in combat, a death that demanded
as much determination as any battlefield confrontation. It was
his battlefield persona he was about to reveal to his wife.
This briefly swept the lieutenant into a bizarre fantasy. A soli-
tary death on the battlefield and the presence of his beautiful
wife—there was something inexpressibly sweet in the sense of
being about to die straddling these two dimensions, and embody-
ing their unrealizable union. It seemed to him that this must
be the highest form of bliss. To have every second of his death
observed by his wife’s lovely eyes was to be wafted to death upon
a fragrant breeze. In that he was somehow blessed.
МЙ & [ Cl <h’ < & ] lonely
В <Z) ЭД [У)СО it x_] before one’s eyes
HLV' [d о < 1Л q beautiful ®
[^fcojtwo®
[ UlfZj dimension
stand
X. X -Q <Z>V* unfeasible
ёЛ'1 coexistence
ДЖТ -b [ <“lf A,T-6] embody, per-
sonify
[ Lift] [volitional form in text] die
— (O) d t T -S be about to ~
<] sensation
Ж1Л LH'A [v>v> Uqttfb] inexpressible
11‘^c'St [й’Лг/#] sweet, lovely
<Z) thing, something ®
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StS [ ЬЛ. <] bliss, nirvana
“5 d ] [spontaneous form in text] think
H [£>1 eye
£l] Л- [ U < U < ] every moment
ЖШ & [&£:•?>] [passive form in text] look
after
^0 OiCljV'' [Z'fc b CDZzZh J fragrant
ЖШ 1 breeze
< ] [passive form in text] blow
< [<•> < ] set about (a course of action)
[frlzZn] something
[Ф'Ь‘3-] [passive form in text] grant,
bestow
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£[] L> Ai [ L, ‘b ufo] not know
ШЙ1 [ 5 i 9 ’L 1 state ©
15t5'<Z) other
[ZrHl3t~#V'] to
[&% $$ if ^>] devote one’s
life to
~ T "( -b indicates progression up to a
point
ж^£ (L 9 Lx>] Imperial Family
И 4< [ 3L -э Й*] nation
ЖЖ K'/v ^ ] military flag
-f" H 'I”'S3’C all those things
[passive form in text] grant ® [1^ a-'^ 1 be cheerful, be bright
[*> i$ 9 V’J lieutenant ©
hl ffij [У)О х £] before one’s eyes ©
[!i& X Й] bride
A M-tyi [ L 6 О < ] white silk kimono
|^LV’i (9 о < Lt'] beautiful ©
[^i] wife ®
tJ'Zz) figure, appearance ©
Й Я* [ L-КЛ] oneself, himself ©
-b &t'T-?>] love
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Л[<%•£>] see
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feel as though
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— h L ( [~t L <] equal to
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/c AT ceaselessly
irf £?/>'& J: pure
A state—he was not quite sure of its nature—had been granted
to him that was unknown to anyone else, and vouchsafed to no
one but him. In the bridelike figure of his beautiful wife in her
white kimono, the lieutenant felt as though he were seeing a
glorious composite vision of the Imperial Family, the Nation and
the Army Flag that he loved and to which he had devoted his life.
All these—as much as the wife before him—were presences that
watched over him, regarding him with a pure and unblinking
gaze, no matter from where or from how far.
Reiko, too, looked at him intently. She felt there could be noth-
ing in this life so beautiful as her husband about to meet his
death. The lieutenant always looked his best in uniform, but now
as he stood on the verge of death with his commanding brows
and tightly pressed lips, he seemed to be giving expression to
male beauty at its highest.
[I gaze far into the
distance
Жйп [Л'эаб] stare ®
tf-fh [-? A, c' V J being, presence
ШМНН1
MT* [itv<] Reiko
'A‘ also, and, again
[ L] death ®
MX 1"° < ] [volitional form] set about (a
course of action)
— (Cl) ')<tT'bbe about to ~
Д Л I&-2 t] husband
CO |H.‘ [C.0i] this present life
Cl ifllS to this extent
4) <Z) thing
(Jot ') ] think
Ж-Ш [ < ] military uniform
Jc <( well
1У. n* 3 [(-<£>') ] suit
L-V"1 [b 0 Lv5] commanding,
imposing
Jg [^^1 eyebrow
1) -s> mimetic tightly
shutjoin
# [< lip
I—h h t (J together with
4* [v>i ] now
AHTS] put
before oneself
i? <( perhaps
M [tt J man
31-11 [ L 11 i '} ] supremacy
Ц L £ [ о о < L$] beauty
cb J ЪТ show, express
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fco Й1Жи|ЙЙ?£> £ t>tU
С $) well, right (exclamation of
resolve)
ff <s h' < ] go
*?" masculine particle used to emphati-
cally voice one's resolve
OV> [C at last
ФШ [t> Ф 9 v*] lieutenant ®
cad [и 9 Isay
[ftv1-!] Reiko
JE [Zc A<A] tatami mat
'Ж < < ] deeply
rS'£ tK/ЙГ& [-tt&] prostrate one-
self
[i> t &] bow
h* 9 L T ~ V by no means
[й'й&гЫТб] [potentialform in
text] look up ®
tears ®
{ttt [4 L i. 9 ] make-up
ЯйТ [<T’t]ruin
-S'? [is& 9 1 think, intend
Ж >?> [ Й £> ] stop
|ДДГ^^; ....
i finally
—- L (X through
1ф *Ь C flicker, waver
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already
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Ф7) [ t 91 military sword ®
[ $ ё ] tip (of a blade)
£л^ [^‘6 < TA] five or six sun (1 sun
= 1.19 inches)
t expose, show
“Right. Here goes.”
Said the lieutenant eventually. Reiko bowed, pressing her body
deeply down toward the tatami. She could not bring herself to
look up. Though she did not want to ruin her make-up with
tears, she was unable to hold them back.
When she finally looked up she saw through tears the blurry
image of her husband wrapping a white cloth around the blade
of his sword, which he had already unsheathed from its scabbard.
He left six or seven inches exposed.
Placing the wrapped sword before his knees, the lieutenant
shifted off his knees, sat cross-legged on the floor and unfastened
the hooks on the collar of his uniform. His eyes no longer saw
his wife. Slowly he undid the flat brass buttons, one by one. His
dusky chest emerged, then his stomach was exposed.
7] % [<h ') LA] blade
ЙЖ [ L 6 ЙО] white cloth
H wind onto, fold
around
Д A [43 о <t ] husband
["t^Zz] figure, appearance
finish winding
Ж [tf$] knee
[—60 5 X.L] in front of
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Ж'&МЙТ’ [£>£''£• < TT] shift off one’s
knees
C ' A* A C sit cross-legged
ЖЖ [ <"A<£ < ] military uniform
Ж [x_ 01 collar
Ж "У 9 hook, clip
[li-fi-] undo ©
kJ [Й] eye
W [oj] wife
M'b [<&£>] see
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db h appear, become visible ©
WC* next
Ж [(i belly, stomach
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ш [ h clasp, buckle
HT [i±TT] undo ®
X Ж > trousers ®
flI [Ф' ?>] button
/ <R. Ж [ Ъ < L -t1 < Л if L ] fundoshi,
loincloth (rokushaku refers to its
unwound length of six shaku [1 shaku -
11.93 inches])
$*t Й [ IS ьф A, (d: < ] pure white
pB! X [O-?< ] be visible
ФШ [t> Ф *) t'] lieutenant ®
a* b If again, more
[Л-^-С] right hand
Ж ZJ [ <’ A1 ? ] military sword
ЙЖ [ Еба&о] white cloth
fi f) [if 5'9] grip
IE -6 [ h <6 ] take hold of
*?"CO J in that position
[1 "X? [^ Lft'C] with eyes downcast
R 5f [ EAA] oneself, himself
ЙМ [i± bl belly, stomach ®
[Л-S] look at, see ®
[U-ti П] lefthand
ЕЙМ [ L Zc l± b ] lower belly
[l±^] waistline of one’s trousers bit'll soften up
by massaging
'Й AI f & [ < ^ Ф i f £ ] loosen
[^A-E'L] loincloth ।
ЖФ [ 0 J: ? <] both hands
ФР L- Mt'-S [4o L ? It -6] push down
J) [ZnZ:&l sword
W HPifc [5 E] sharpness
He undid the clasp of his belt, and loosened the buttons of his
trousers. The pure-white color of his loincloth was visible. The
lieutenant further loosened the front of his trousers, pushed the
loincloth down with his hands, then clasped the white-cloth grip
of the sword in his right hand. Keeping that position, he looked
down at his middle and massaged his lower belly with his left
hand to make it soft.
The lieutenant was concerned about the sharpness of his sword,
so he folded down the left flap of his trousers to expose a little
of his thigh, and ran the blade lightly over it. Straightaway blood
oozed out of the wound, and a few thin trickles glistened in the
strong light as they ran down toward his crotch.
Reiko, who was seeing her husband’s blood for the first time,
felt her heart throb violently. She looked at her husband’s face.
The lieutenant was contemplating his blood without emotion.
[ L£ £ ] become
worried about
Zr. Zf [ $ li 91 left side
iff [£> 0 й'х.’П fold over
ЙШ [Шthigh
M ["te L] slightly
hbfct [#>bfc-t] expose
'H <C < ] lightly
/J [-tjv4±'l blade
fit •b [T^-S] [causative form in text] slide
A A i immediately
Ш1 I [£T <'*>] wound
Jfll [t>] blood, drop of blood ©
12 № ooze
["t* 9 U J; 9 ] several streaks
0S I) [< 0 < ] shine brightly
Же [iZ:] crotch
(J 9 toward
flow, stream
117
for the first time
ДА [is o t] husband ®
ЖТ" [fLV'-l] Reiko
'K'S LV> [i5-?"6LV'] intense, violent
[t 9 £1 throbbing, palpitation
Ж [т5>^5] face
t [-W'-ifA, t ] impassively, unfazed
[Дойб] stare
£111V4 [(I^rV4] thin, fine
fJJJ £> W bright
A [C^' I) ] light
X <
til' z &A
й -TIXоAO J o£ Jgp$fc>
о Ao
nsk -eoh§'f04±Moid*g^§'C’«^i±ifL<Sffi.L
tzo Mrll. K£WA±U\ ETtAAft-^OLA
i ? r Lt> WtO&o
AWA^AAo Ao ФЙ1Х-т®<£ММИ9 t
йойот» SteV'Mu-o>’A\ }£1*ОЙ|5Ж
ii9> Ф1ШЙЯ''СА£Л[];1АА t AAb^TC AA£>'Av4&
OWJM1£W$НАЛ?АЖСАЛАо -вй. йЯА<
№ЁоAOAbA&А-эAo УкЛУАоьА
ЬАЯ^ЙТТА-^А^ЙАЙЗ-эТА I«otv4
ЛА L- А Ж A ii Е~СоА0
ЙМ& [A^-< &] superficial, short-term
Tfe?L? [гЬЛ LA] peace of mind
S d [fc & d ] think ®
(Й Г' [jiV'C] Reiko
OjO'O i О fleeting
[&Л t] relief
И4<Ъ d [$>№)] taste, feel
ПЕМК
'P’ft [t rt> d \<s] lieutenant ©
Ж [Zc^lhawk
§ О г? [або> ] look, expression in one’s
eyes
"jfe: [a? J ] wife
{ilf L <s intensely, fiercely
?> [^'XT Lt^] stare
7J (/пЛ&] sword
ri'J (S^J front
[i ЪТ] bring around
[Cl L] loin, hip
[{>^>гЬIfZ>] raise
[ Cx d l± ЛЬ Л] upper body
[l±$ £] tip (of a blade) @
<Z) >$'<£> lean onto
[й'ЬЛ'] body
[-Х^'Л >) X <] all one’s strength
X У) Z> put in
ЖИИ [ <”Л-& < ] military uniform
^-6 [v»t5p-5>] angulate, become pointed
[Л'Л] shoulder (NOTE: Йх l) M
square shoulders)
understand
^и§ЛЧ’ [r>h is tv 4c] resolutely
< [Лй* < ] deeply
[ОЛ: I) 1X6] left flank
ФО "I* [ £ i“] [volitional form in text] stab
£#V' [4*& t'V'] sharp
She knew the respite was only temporary, but Reiko nonetheless
enjoyed a fleeting sense of relief.
At that moment the lieutenant glared fiercely at his wife with
the eyes of a hawk. He swung the sword around in front of him
and raised his hips so that his torso hung over the tip of the blade.
From the pointed shoulders of his uniform, it was clear that he
was gathering all his strength. The lieutenant planned to make
a deep and determined stab into his left side. His martial shout
rang through the silent room.
The lieutenant had himself made the thrust, but he felt as though
someone else had dealt him an excruciating blow on the side with
a thick iron bar. Lightheaded for a moment, he could not under-
stand what was going on. The six or seven inches of exposed blade
were now embedded deep in his flesh, and the cloth, clasped in
his clenched fist, was pressing up against his stomach.
Mu’ battle cry
[- x.1 voice
[t A t < ] silence
pM3] room
< [ о pierce
Й 5? "С [ CL AAT] himself
А [ Ъ h] strength, force
W X. -Ь [ < b x. 1 add
~ [С & тУй'Ъ 6 T despite
A [O h] person
[A tv J thick
RoOlfi 1 iron bar
ШЖ [ Ъ £ (±‘ Ъ ] flank
9 Zf-t-S] [passive form in text]
strike painfully
LtSW' [tJ'A £] feel
— [v'-э L. Ф A] momentarily
SM [*A£]head
b's A -b mimetic feel dizzy
M [41-1 what
(ishappen
AA& understand
ZlA T (CT/5 < TA] five or six sun (1 sun
= 1.19 inches)
expose, appear
already
A -s A t) completely
IA) [K<] flesh
ffljzb (7 ^ •£>] be buried
[t^L] fist
Z> [lc ] grip, hold
f|j [<й<0] cloth
LAIC directly
Ж [li belly, stomach
Sc’t" -S [•ti'ot-bl come into contact
Z:X?lc, №% Li'M^hlll -?-
о >] ffi /г> Ъ L v' & К "С Z: % i t> Й < Ж £ о Ф St li S b
WZrZs Тв^ИйЛт?- £>хАо
i2i> иd kOTi’t'tWi.So'CV'fco -tfili:^
^WX&b, №К6-э < X 9 ЙШШТ\
wz>tw a*>ли h-'W®иял Zr шей t йш*. 4-a
Я^очШ 9 -^а-епаЙоТФй'
Й1Й f>i:V'^i:|8fctiZ:o
EEDMKi
.ЁкИй [t' L § ] consciousness
X-b [L if £] return
AJ [-^t'If] blade
tz L^'ld certainly
UkJ]£ [A < f < ] membrane lining the
abdominal cavity
< [о fjiti <] pierce
[t> Ф 9 vj lieutenant @
& d [Й <> 9 ] think ® (NOTE: Next
usage is in the potential form.)
[Cl J u> 9 ] breathing
‘S’L^' [<?> Lt'] painful
1W [ tHa] chest
O' t’V' terrible
®J'I^ [t'd throbbing
[3^1 beat
Й 5? [ t-^Aj oneself, himself ®
l^uli [&V'-£] innards
тЖк' [ t }$f1 ] distant ®
Й£пР [ L/v^S] deep part
Й [£>] earth, ground
-b [$ ItJ split, rip open
[iiOV1] hot
J^rVi [ =t 9 Zi?/v] lava
'ЙйНШФ flow out
'ffii'?) LA' L.V') intense, violent @
1|ЦЖ [if’£ '9 9 ] acute pain ®
1Й I? Ж Ф [ b & Л: T] surge up
[~"C < indicates progres-
sion in the direction of the narrator
^975'^ realize, feel
[-? < t'l speed
immediately
ЙХ [t>^<] close
5^-?> [<?>] come
He came to. The lieutenant was convinced that the blade had
punctured the peritoneal membrane. He had difficulty breathing,
his chest was pounding madly, and deep down inside—so far,
far away that he could hardly believe it was part of him—he felt
a terrifyingly intense pain erupt, as if the ground had split open
and hot lava were streaming forth. Searing pain closed in on him
at frightening speed. Despite himself, the lieutenant emitted the
beginnings of a groan, but stifled it by biting his lip.
So this is ritual suicide? the lieutenant was thinking to himself.
It was a sense of total and utter chaos as if the sky had crashed
down on his head and the whole world was reeling around him.
His courage and his strength of will—seemingly so strong before
he cut himself—had now been reduced to something like a single,
fine length of wire, and he was overcome with anxiety at the
thought of having only that to depend on.
All XT [i> & ЬТ] involuntarily
Рф 11(? йЧГб] start to groan
FAB [ L/г < f> УХ] lower lip
D'tr] bite
X. suppress
< ] suicide by cutting one’s
stomach
& 0 thing
X l“C A.] sky, the heavens
SflJlX [ft £ d L] onto one’s head
[£*>&] fall
|lf-^ [-tf/pv*] world
<(" О <( reel, totter
МЖМ Ж & 4'] shambolic
< ] sensation
W Ъ [ Z> ] cut
x. ] before
гЬ fl 15 to that extent
Ж13& [ £ d C. & ] strong, firm
ЙЛ-Ь [<&xX] seem, appear
[и L] will, determination
lФ d cH courage
[i'^l±]now
$U|1‘ [fi-S’V'1] thin
[li 0 ЙМа] wire
[t'o-t/Л] single line
blindly
St -b ] rely on, cling to
— “C indicates an increase in ten-
dency
~ X Й & L> & V» have to
[ЛгЬЛ] anxiety, uneasiness
W ') [£>? d ] [passive form in text] attack
ЯЛ гй4>*>ЖЧ t-з&*) ЖИЙ
Л-eiioTi'S» «fei:xmotv>5o гл*М
Lv'^O’f’CiZiMx.S $> о^'ЯЛч 4-Ь & <Р йЧЬ £ <0
М Ч > & ТЛ L Zr J; ? Icjfn.o^^lnZzO^a'C JKtfflr
6 о htZ> ШчЬОЛо
й... MSUfclf *£>&<> ^Пй«1ло®Фи4ЛЛ:®^-С
>-^0SB^O|6]dU> Т^^ийЛ-ЬАГ^ШЛС
^Л'Си&ДЛ0й(±> 1ЖЙКр5о -E-O^^li-
Я-ОPM £V>1ЕЙ$ Г-5Ш LГ vЛо йФС 1±<П%&?
liMnotOo
[i^L] fist®
гй <£> ifa & ф -Ь mimetic become slimy
— Х5^-?> [—’С <£] indicates a condi-
tion coming into effect
Ж-Ь [&&] look
ЙФ [ L Ъ гЛЮ] white cloth
Ф о Ф L completely
Й1 [L>] blood
[ifcitl'f’If-b] become soaked
Ш [ЛЛ-t''L] loincloth
Ф"СЖ already
Ж И [ L Л < ] pure crimson
$ •£>] be dyed
L-И [(ilf LA1] intense, fierce
[ < "^ 9 ] pain, agony ®
— ОфТ' amid
ЖЛ-Ь [Л- x. -Ь ] be visible ®
& <Z) thing ®
it-?) [&•?>] be, exist ®
Л> L c? marvel, miracle
[П^'г] Reiko®
ФМ [Ф d V'] lieutenant
&ШЛМ left flank
JJ [й*Л:&] sword
[oo 21 i>] plunge
[Lй> А/й'А/] moment
)Ш [й1^] face ®
"L [Л: L £ t>] immediately
T" Ъ Ф [ S < & & 6 T ] bring down
the curtain
[t,WW<] blood
drains from one’s face
Ж -b [<& & ] see, watch ®
[^Iti £>] [volitional form in text]
rush over to
His clenched fists were now slimy and wet. He looked down to
see that the white cloth and his hands were completely drenched
in blood. His loincloth was already dyed a deep crimson color. He
was amazed that, even amidst this intense agony, visible things
were still visible, and things that existed, existed still.
The instant the lieutenant drove the sword into his left flank,
Reiko wrestled with her desire to rush to his side as she saw the
blood drain out of his face like a hastily lowered curtain. She had
to watch no matter what. She had to bear witness. It was the duty
her husband had assigned her. Opposite her, one tatami away, she
could clearly see her husband’s face as he bit down on his lip to
stifle his agony. His pain was there to see, evident down to the
very last detail. There was nothing Reiko could do to help him.
~ (-6) d ilT'-bbe about to ~
Й Я’ [ C-SAj oneself, herself
[ZzZztf'd ] fight
C in any circumstances
MliiUt & [<&t fits] watch to the end
must, have to
ДЛ. [fe-o t] husband ®
-JX.'b [feZzx.^] assign
№1% [ L £ < tz] duty, task
[ZrZz&V't> i V'] one tatami mat
i !)1 distance
it* г 9 I other side
TW [LZz < lower lip
bite down on
3 X. -b suppress
ir] vividly
solid, faultless
iF.liH $ $] accuracy, precision
MhU’T & A/T£] appear right
before one
d ["t < d 1 help
fit way, means
12зс flAoffiUiSr
o4tt), XAfet <t d C@ ^Og^'oUff
*A t 'ЬШ)П B«i т СШШ.Х0 -Dъ сяA
124^ SJHillogoHt. £ d *
WlziiM'fc t) & < , MoAl^oJ; d
-ео^е^г-гг-г-нА^^То wm» даа'тх-u
£ijoiklF-o At-4'о А, ^Ф^#й&1?Ж&-ж7Е£
4-Olf LX t>MH6ixAv'^rffi0SolSA(c^o АО£Ж
A(i!^L.5>o L AL ЙАййз £ A v'o SfiliffiiiV’o £
Hfc.Bdt. кФййЯ-LMAh ГОША WAAWIWA
L AMA'LAo
Ях.-Ь {<&х_-Ь] appear
ДА [Й-э h] husband ®
[O'ZzV^l forehead
(£ LZ'-Uj'R [IC t&ZfT] ooze out
ff [£-£] sweat
A-Z> [J>Zp&] shine
ФИ [t? *$> d vj lieutenant
У ^Ojn-Z; [toshut one’s eyes
X (£ Zz] also, and, again
ZzSb't’ [Zz&b“£] experiment
И (h11 <Z> [toIts] open one’s eyes
H [to] eyes ®
V' О {> always
W JV $ [ZpZp^ ] glow
!k d [ d L 4х d ] lose
zh®H^ [Li 1ЛСо] small animal
M'Я» X I tr E. v ] innocent
') blank, vacant
Ют] pain, agony ®
MlF [ЛиCl] Reiko ®
R fill [to to £ x. ] before one’s eyes
[A] body
[?>§$<] [passive form in text]
Ж®! [У'/сЛ] grief®
0 & <C heedlessly, indifferently
M [:t''-)] summer
[ZzV'X T] sun
*С [т^й5-^ < ] shine
T i't' more and more
TTjt [-tfZzlt] stature
iu't" [£"H increase
{ф I/ Jl <S [to Zr Zi 1 stretch up
C'already
The sweat beading her husband’s forehead glistened. The lieu-
tenant was shutting his eyes, then opening them again as if to try
them out. They had lost their usual gleam and looked innocent
and vacant like the eyes of a small animal.
Despite the grief that seemed to be tearing her body apart, the
agony in front of Reiko’s eyes shone like the summer sun. The
pain grew ever taller in stature. It loomed up. Reiko felt that her
husband had already become a man of a different world—his
whole existence distilled into pain, a prisoner in a cage of pain,
unreachable even to her outstretched hand. But Reiko herself
felt no pain. Grief does not hurt. As the thought came to her,
Reiko felt as though someone had built a cruel and high glass
wall between herself and her husband.
SlJCOiltfF- another world
A [tfh] person
[if A^A '] whole existence
[AAlfAT-k] [passive form in
text] resolve into
stretch out a
helping hand
RflUt-b [ATl^>] [potential form in text] touch
Ж h 1 cage
И A [ L и» 0 CA] prisoner
J® U -6 [Д'А 12 A] feel
moreover
[A^t'] high
fiTT [#'7.x] glass
В D^] wall
SEX & [ATS] build
~”C L J *? expresses with regret the
completion of action
— X d [-J: d
feel as though
•Iffjtr [v>At*] hurt®
.Щ.') [& t> •? ] think about, consider
R 5? [ 12Л>А] oneself, herself
— OfnpZ [~со£л'А’12] between
[A 12 A] somebody
MtiJ & [tr 12 i ? A] heartless
•••
PATRIOTISM 203
s; ht?S> <9, MAO.to>v»©-’o—o(iiZzBS-©.&
tffftL, Жф|±«Ж0йк>
’О^ЛЧЧ'ф^о /Co
i26k isi^i-e-d h ьл^,
<9, E tT-b EZJ!±^^^v^|:*-z?|ipL,4J$n-C*
X, зШь-САгй'
falf£?>£>o£9iWco 5|1lZ_'o ,®oZ:li ffijiliv'o
=®\f-W£o
125
Sift (it oCA] wedding, marriage
[—иьV'] since
ДА [to o t ] husband ®
##1*6 [Wi'tSl exist®
Й [ EAA] oneself, herself @
[и £ •o'tJ'V»] breathing ®
—"Э [6^0(7 t-з] each and every-
one
J Zc also, again
— 0(2 although, in spite of
[V' £ ] now
[ < <? d ] pain, agony
0 & Z>' (2 amidst
Й) &) k. clearly, vividly
Ж A [Hv'E] Reiko
[£>£A] grief
—0^1(2 [—(7) d LL] inside
{pJ~*О — ZcV' 4'V'] noth-
ing
[-?• A ?V] existence
ЙёйЕ [Л1 < Lid] confirmation, proof
1? grasp, grab hold of
126
ФШ" [t> и» d V'] lieutenant @
-&Ф [&£'’<] right hand ®
fcoti in that position
I 5®Ф [ t> £ £ L>"t"] [volitional form in text]
pull across
~ (-?) ') t Ф 'b try to ~
A (l± $ $ ] tip (of a blade)
ЛМ [t>i d] intestines
%> get entangled
<E Ф E at times
JJ [d'Zc^J sword
^^754^ [^t>f>M']soft
204 ЦЩ
Since their marriage, her husband’s existence had been her
existence, her husband’s each and every breath her own breathing.
Now, as her husband drew breath amidst palpable pain, within
her own grief Reiko could find no proof of her own existence.
Using his right hand, the lieutenant attempted to pull the
sword across at the same depth; but the tip got caught in his
intestines and was propelled outward by their soft springiness. He
realized he would have to slice across with both hands pressing
the blade deep into his stomach. He pulled sideways. It did not
cut as much as he had expected. The lieutenant concentrated the
strength of his entire body into his right arm and pulled again.
It cut a little more than three or four inches.
[Л:А 0 £ < I elasticity
WL-H-rT [iSLZri"] [passive form in text]
push out
[~T <-6] indicates a situation
or phenomenon emerging
ЖТ- [ X ') <1 both hands
Я blade
Ш [(± b] belly, stomach
< [43 < < ] deeply
[43$x_oit&] hold down
<] indicates an in-
crease in tendency
~ fa b have to
5® >5 [L-6] realize
£1 -z> tz IJ <h' [43 t o tz 15 t'] as one had
thought
[^41-6] cut®
[HA LAO4ИН] all one’s
strength
put into play
31 < [CH] pull
“FfaJ* [^AtA'LA] three or four sun
(1 sun = 1.19 inches)
ММЦН|B
PATRIOTISM 205
12г>
TV'S Л ? U*oZ:<, ^ni±SLJT?nsg©X 9 T, ti
о-э < Bfi®<Z)—Д—Д> Й^о#ьО?о-1Т*>йФ,
э Г, ЙОЙЯФL
Ф S Л5 LZio ФW(± t> ? ПФ § 4-ЙЛ Ь Z t й5'Т £ * < * ъ
tz<, Lrt'L, UJUt, ШНОНЙтТXTO OH'
i28> Й11±Л^(С0СЖ-эТ, ШШОШО Jo (ПЙ-эО
W-SiiiiilOO Г-^< ЖП,
51Х®о/г1й1^1сЖЛ^^/Со ь1'(сК-?©ЙМШ»Й
О ОйОЛОиИ HAO JO НЖНТ'ЮтО
127
i^r Ж [ < ? 1 pain, agony ®
Ж I Ci b] belly, stomach ®
Ж [£> < ] depths
^4-{Z [ С x t x (C] gradually
O'4 -6 iy Z> spread out
"“liH'fc [~-tf/v/ci'] entire-
C [£: 0 t>t/< ] resonate
£LtJ-t£ [ £> Л Z: i £> ] [passive form in text]
hit repeatedly
M [Dibell®
Й Я* [ С-КЛ] oneself, himself ®
<5 C take (a breath)
[Z § u> ') ] breathing
‘.Й,—,Й, [О t V" £ t> h и each and
every breath
[') t>] beat
ЖШ [A-P < fi<] pulse
J % [O’t d o] one stroke
[— Z’к. C-] each, every
-f- H/v] 1,000
[v't> t’l-] at once
[Zc Gi] sound, ring
[Й he
fi’-'ti [iA/cfv'l existence
iipLisP^n [&push and
shake
[t> Ф d и] lieutenant
[•)#>£] groan
[43$ Х-Ъ] suppress, stifle
LZ>' L however
h fleetingly, briefly
kL Z> [A-Ь] see, look ®
[<4 43*] blade
'^"’ClZ already
[Z4i] navel
The pain slowly spread from the depths of his stomach until
it seemed his whole abdomen reverberated with it. It was like
a bell that was being struck frenziedly; and with every breath
he took and every beat of his pulse, the pain—like a thousand
bells being sounded at once—convulsed his very existence. The
lieutenant was no longer able to stifle his groans. But when he
glanced down and saw that the blade had already ripped him
open to beneath his navel, he felt mingled pride and courage.
Gaining confidence, the blood started squirting from the
wound with the beating of his pulse. The tatami before him
was soaked red with splashing blood, and pooled blood streamed
down to the tatami from the folds in his khaki trousers. A single
drop of blood had even flown, like a small bird, to land all the
way over on the lap of Reiko’s white kimono.
[~<Z> LZr] beneath
W § b $ < ] be cut open
£ /v-? < ) satisfaction
ИХ d £] courage
-b feel
jfH [ L ] blood ®
[LAfC'U] gradually
get in the swing
Ж П IВ T <" L 1 wou nd
Ж1J [<& * < 0 o] beat (of pulse, heart)
jijf-S [lit (XLgush forth
iwo [£ x.<?)] in front, before oneself
Tf [ZzZz^l tatami mat ®
[L L-££] splash of blood
< 1 redly
[a&HS] get wet
ij “ + V' khaki color
X У trousers
В fold
is -b [Zz X Z> ] collect, form puddles
H 17? Ъ [ 4' ^s'fi 43] flow down on
О V' К at last, finally
Ж f‘ Reiko
fl [ L X tr < 1 white silk kimono
Ж knee
[t'o T £] one drop
ja [L do < ] far
/J'M [г L bl little bird
JIVw [ t fly
Iga [ L L < 1 reach
PATRIOTISM 207
Wi d ffi t Ii LZr t . t VUЯi±
< &o "C Wt JilCL-b Л>&£> £> Ъ LtuW,
«sfeimm ^ГИГЛУГ^Ш/г. W
WHO $ f>i:m-G Ai -CEI < O^IWBlc
sitlf<nwA < от, гь^йчжп^'-еи
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ФШ- [t> Ф d V'l lieutenant ®
9 *( finally
£f [АгП right
ЖЖ [=b § li'L] flank
[У§ f foT] pull across
"I*'Cl- already
Я [<jv4f] blade
•’^'•^э somewhat, rather
iiSV1 (гЬ $ V1] shallow
'д' [<£>Л* £?] fat
Ifll [t] blood
i_-b [T-^-Ь] slip
[id LA] blade
*9 £>"Т show, expose
[L^if A] suddenly
ЧКЙ1 L] vomiting ®
38 ? [43-C ? ] [passive form in text] attack
tL-Б become hoarse, go raspy
ПЦ-С?5 [$(t УЧ shout
^)lf -Б emit, let out
[ff ё э ') ] acute pain
£ fj JZ more
-Ь [Л'< liA’t’-6] exacerbate
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Uk [l± L] belly, stomach
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?йс4Т<2 [AA -q o] beat, surge
ШИ [^r<'t] wound®
*C [LA^<]wide
V' •ЫЗ'-Ь open up
&>tziy* Ъ just as if
-ti’V'—-IfV' ['tti'V'olft'] to one’s
utmost
By the time the lieutenant had finally dragged the sword across
to his right side, the blade, somewhat shallow now inside him,
was showing its length slippery with fat and blood; attacked by
a sudden fit of retching, the lieutenant emitted a hoarse cry.
The retching aggravated his agony still further, and suddenly
his stomach, which had been tight and firm up to this point,
began to heave and the wound opened wide and his innards
came bounding forth as if the cut itself were vomiting them out
as hard as it could. Seemingly ignorant of their master’s tor-
ment, the intestines looked healthy and almost obscenely full
of life as they gleefully slithered out and tumbled down into his
crotch. The lieutenant’s head drooped, his shoulders heaved as
he breathed, his eyes narrowed down to mere slits, and a string
of drool hung from his mouth. The gold of his epaulets gleamed
on his shoulders.
& [t vomit and have
diarrhea
Чу [l± гЬЪ A] intestines ®
[It C It "C-6] bounce out
[—<<•&] indicates movement
in the direction of the narrator
T. master
Й [ < о ? 1 pain, agony
[ L t-] with an air of
not knowing
МЖ& [ItAC. 9 A] healthy
LA' obscene, offensive
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[Т^'А] form, appearance
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[иё breathe
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Ж13 I d Tto] narrowed eyes
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M [<£ Zztl] saliva, drool
[v'h] thread, string
HiL't' [A AT] dribble
Jr [Z>‘A] shoulder
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Ifll [t>] blood
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[t> •&] spread, spatter
Ф¥1 [t> Ф 9'-'] lieutenant ®
I I I СЛ^Аг] himself, herself ®
Ifll Й 0 ti i t) ] pool of blood
~0ф (Z {-—cd&tHl] inside
1Ж [ [> $' ] knee
be soaked
lV T :£"-'<s f/iVjr'C-£-o <] put one hand
to the floor
KfisHi] collapse, crumble
[4'<'?t J rank, bloody-
smelling
'kjV'* [(гiJ smell
и&Ш [^^1 room
C. & & fill
-Э o tr <^ drop one’s head
Ufa.th [43о t] vomiting
0 repeat
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<3b 0 & t clearly, vividly
M [й'Л:] shoulder
<$) f? appear, show itself ®
Ой [ l± f? Ъ /с ] intestines
fllLLLj't' [£LZfT] [passive form in text]
push out
[h 9 L-Л] blade
already
[I± $ §] tip (of a blade)
[A^T] right hand
Ж-Ь [!-£'£>] [passive form in text] grip, hold
131
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Cl У) & put in
Blood was everywhere. The lieutenant was hunched over, prop-
ping himself up with one hand in the pool of blood that drenched
his knees. A rank smell filled the room, and as he slumped for-
ward, his repeated retching was all too evident in the movement
of his shoulders. The sword, still gripped in the lieutenant’s right
hand, was now exposed as far as the tip, as though pushed back
out by the intestines.
The sight of the lieutenant at this point, as he gathered his
strength and flung his head back, was incomparably heroic. He
threw his head back so violently that there was a clearly audible
thud as the back of his skull hit the alcove pillar. Until that
moment, Reiko had kept her head down, staring solely at the sea
of blood approaching her knees, but startled by this sound, she
looked up.
throw one’s head back ®
figure, appearance
[< ъ^-Ь] compare
<Z> thing
(i <E' to the extent that ~ ®
41 £!! 4' [-? 9 tto &] heroic, brave
2X 9 [v> 9 ] [volitional form of potential form in
text] say
<$b £ ty too much
9 If В lc] suddenly, abruptly
[Ci 9 t 9 back of the head
i 1! L ь] alcove post
ill & [£Zr£]hit
in [is t ] sound, noise @
ВДЖ1С [idV'O J; 9 IC] clearly
c? >2 X. & be audible
~ to the extent that ~
@5 p Reiko
Ж %>] look down
Zc Z1 only
h] near one’s knees
kF [<££>] approach
[ — <<?>] indicates movement
toward the narrator
Ifil. [M blood
flow
—'L'lC [v'-э L./vic] wholeheartedly
[Л*946-5] stare
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jUl'lr’&U -b &] look up
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ffi [й'й] face @
Ф й [и§ .6] live, be alive
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II [«*>] eye
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££ "С [й'Ъ < ] dry out
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'Ж [lids] cheek
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ФЛ ' A [ot> v»7j ] earth color
A Zc only, just
Ж/гНЧг [&Wfiz] as though it were
heavy
J] [Zr'Zrft] sword
Ж-Ь [l~ c?'&] grip, hold
АФ [A J“C] righthand
MAlfj [гЬ-S’o 4 j; d ] puppet
li 1-] fickly, inconstantly
Ш C [ d ~ < 1 move
[t^A>] oneself, himself
l®l&7E (O t' t) t ] base of the throat ®
[li$ §] tip (of a blade) ®
X Ъ [volitional form in text] place against
*7 t •?> try to ~
ЙЁ“Р* [til'd] Reiko
ЙА [iso h] husband
[$ I'd'] last moment (prior to
death)
t> o <h & most
212 SS
The lieutenant’s face was not the face of a living man. His eyes
were sunken, his skin desiccated, and his once-beautiful cheeks
and lips had become the color of parched earth. Only his right
hand, clumsily gripping the sword, jerked around in a puppet-
like attempt to point the tip at his throat. In this way, Reiko saw
every lurid detail of her husband’s last, most heartbreaking and
futile efforts. The sword point shining with blood and grease
took repeated aim at his throat. And every time it missed. The
strength was no longer there. When it missed, the point of the
sword hit his collar, or the insignia on his collar. The hooks were
undone, but the stiff collar of his uniform had closed up again
and was shielding his throat from the blade.
[-o £>v J painful, bitter
[<9^x4'] empty, hollow
[ t" Ь <fc < ] effort
i t vividly, clearly
gaze at
1111 [*>] blood
ff t>] fat
jt-S [] shine
hiJst [% A1'&] repeatedly
[co t°] throat
'fid ? J aim for
X A] and, again
Htl -6 [l±Tft Z> ] miss ®
no longer
f] [ A A b>] strength, power
T3? [ IL Ф 9 A] enough
[x. *) ] collar ®
'Ч& [&AS] hit®
[x. 0 L x ') 1 collar badge
'У hook, clip
htT [l±TT] [passive form in text] undo
— 0 IC although, in spite of
ЖЯИ [ <"AAi < 1 military uniform
[ill И [Z^Av*] hard
& "T %> Ь at times
3; -b [TlXi become narrower,
close up
39 IX] blade
Ж & [ ± ] protect
~TLi 9 expresses with regret the
completion of an action
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9tJf‘ [Hi'.!] Reiko ®
h 9 t 9 finally
Й.^Ъ -b [A Afa -5 ] be unable to look on
ftA [fa о t] husband ®
jfiwF-b [t>Ai •?>] [volitional form in text)
approach ®
— (b) 9 "3" -Ь try to ~
17.О [Лз'э] stand up
Ifll [t>] blood
<Z> [~<7)&t5'£] through
[Loi'jt'&l waddle on one’s
knees
IzJ^i^n [L61? <] white silk kimono
Ж "£] skirt, hem
ЖЙ1 [ L /v < ] deep crimson
[Zi'W £ i ] she
[~-<7)(±и^lz] behind one
i Ъ *b move around
Ш (л1)] collar
-bit<Ь loosen
-f-IW [TZcTlt] help
1ЖЯ. -b x-Z>] shudder, tremble
AJ [t± $ ] tip (of a blade) ®
-X 9 *\ finally
[iiZf^o] naked
[0^] throat
fifllH-b [Aft-6] touch
Pl At [ IS-KA] herself, oneself ®
13i "t" [о e к ii'i"] thrust away
L -Ь [й'А C -6 ] feel
rl'W [tj Ф о V4] lieutenant
[ 13-KAT] himself
jgfcS't’b, [И t T-S] intend, will
[$V'3?O] final, last
7j [t> b ] strength, power
Eventually no longer able to look on passively, Reiko tried to
draw closer to her husband but was incapable of standing up. She
edged toward him, waddling on her knees through the blood, and
the skirts of her white silk kimono turned deep crimson. Moving
around behind her husband, she helped him only by loosening
his collar. The twitching tip of the blade finally made contact
with his bare throat. At that moment, Reiko felt as if she had
pushed her husband forward, but that was not the case. It was the
last shred of the lieutenant’s own strength he was to consciously
exert: he abruptly flung his body onto the sword, and the blade
came out through the back of his neck. There was a tremendous
spurt of blood, and beneath the electric light its cold, blue tip
jutted out of him and then was still.
t] he
И & I) suddenly, abruptly
Я [A V'ii’J blade ©
[Й] 9 ] face toward
(T [A> £bZf] body
throw upon
Ш [ “5 4* t] nape of the neck
pierce
Й t/Zz Zi L И torrential, abundant
M П [(it (i'L 01 gush, surge
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Ж® ['CA t ? 1 electric light
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V'Aj cool
W^ELZz LA] blue
[-Hd'Zf'C-S] stick (one end)
high
& [ LT 3-S] go still
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.^“F [tlA'C] Reiko ®
iflL [ t>] blood ®
xZ'b [T^-b] slip
/2.^ [ХгСЛ] tabi sock
<Ф "О <s i slowly
p{$lx [йЧ'7сА] stairs
I' 0 'b [13 0 •?>] descend
”3 C [3 already, by now ®
—Кз [12^*vj second floor
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I^T [^'V'^4 downstairs
ЖХ electric light
Ot t turn on
>k.7t [<?&i]gasjet
L *b -b check ®
t}' 7>. gas
7C$£ [ t £-£Aj main tap
lAcS^ [CMXtJ charcoal brazier
buried ember
zK£^lt& [Л-Г&тН1&] throw water
on
‘M't’ [lt'M extinguish
ПЧзЕФ [ X 13 i d Ci A^] four-and-a-half-
mat room
Jil [Tfull-length mirror @
[~<Z)^ х.'ч] in front of
ff< [v'Ogo
[ZrtiJ cloth covering
IT «Ь lift up
[ L64? < J white silk kimono
gorgeous
ЛЙП4' [/cv>£A,&] bold
ЖЖШ [$•? X 9 ] skirt pattern
5
Her tabi slippery with blood, Reiko slowly descended the stairs.
The upper floor was now quiet.
Switching on the downstairs light, she checked the gas burners
and the main gas tap, then poured water over the buried embers
in the brazier to put them out. She then went over to the full-
length mirror in the four-and-a-half-mat room and lifted the
cloth that covered it. The blood made it look as though there were
a gorgeous, bold pattern on her skirt. As she sat down in front of
the mirror, the area around her thighs, which was clammy with
her husband’s blood, felt cold and she shivered. Then she spent
a long time applying her make-up. She applied rouge thickly to
her cheeks, and painted her lips heavily too. This was no longer
make-up for the sake of her husband.
[&££>] show
[—(O f xU] in front of
[“tfoSjsit
H [t, b] thigh
cb Zz 0 area
ДЛ [bo t] husband @
[УаН-S ] get wet
ZC-f" *) ] very
i^ZzV' [-oabfcvq cold
[^£ shiver
<h] long while
tLffi [it L X d 1 make-up ®
[t spend time
® [itb] cheek
[CLи£>{z] thickly
M- [^II] rouge
W [it < 1 put on, brush on
# [<*>?>'.&] lip
ill < [ CL < ] thickly
[jh^] paint
already
— OZz^O for-
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behind
[-£й'И] world
~0£#>O for-
ft fit (it L i d 1 make-up
[Л*О U <£ ] she @
[lilt] brush
-И Л ti [-^ d Z- и & ] magn ificent
& О thing, something
г & £ fill
JAJ1& [Z: £>£>//£] stand up
Н ^ЛгЛ-] full-length mirror
— <Z)fill’<Z) [—<T> i x-O] in front of
и [Л:ЛгЛ-] tatami mat
Jfil [t>] blood
[tf'ittЪ] get wet
ВВтР [Hl'A] Reiko ®
-6] mind, worry
about
136
Т Ж [t> <t 9 T] toilet
10 <C [<Ф < 1 go
[$V'>1V] finally
ЗИЯ [IfЛй'Д] entrance hall
i [Zr tz £} cement floor
\L^ [Zzo] stand
Ж [й1?'] key, lock
Hfcfk [ 2 < №] last night
ЙЛ [too t ] husband
shut
[L] death ®
[X9v'l preparation
L li h < for a while
Ж^Е [Z: Л С >Ф /v ] simple
It was make-up for the world she would leave behind her, so her
brush was endowed with something exalted. When she stood
up, the mat before the mirror was damp with blood. Reiko paid
no heed.
She then went to the toilet, and finally stood on the cement
floor of the entrance hall. Her husband’s turning of this lock
last night had been a part of his death preparations. For a while
Reiko was preoccupied with a simple question: should she leave
the door unlocked or not? If she left it locked, it was quite pos-
sible that the neighbors would not become aware of their deaths
for several days. Reiko did not like the idea of their bodies being
found in a putrefied state. Yes, better to leave the door open.. ..
She undid the lock and slid open the glass door slightly.
Ж Ж [ЬгЬЛ] thought
IJfcib [Лtt Z>] be absorbed (in)
11unlock
<( and leave it that way (for a fu-
ture purpose) ®
—should, ought to
whether or not
& L if
H'^fcri'ItWock
E& 0 ill Я1 [ h & /v L1 ] neighborhood
A [ U t ] person
[T-9 C'->] several days
A [ЛЛ: *9 ] the two of them, they
Ж. 'C 1 £ < 1 notice, catch on
A 9 ") -b be possible
[ СЛЛЛЯ] themselves
corpse
Ж1ЯА-b rot, putrefy
W. & [1±-э It Л-t 4] [passive form in
text] discover
SFtr [C.Otr] like
’t3 ft 0 when all is said and done
A It <Ь unlock
~{J ? A'VW' had better
(X't't] undo a lock
[tHvXWtJ glass door
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K’f' [fLV'<L] Reiko ®
P [ h ] door
Ф d v^] lieutenant ®
Ж [^] blood®
Of. [ 9 ^.] sea
~0ФГ [~О*тНг] in
WfRT H lie face down
Ш [d & t] nape of the neck
Straightaway a cold gust of wind blew in. There was no one to be
seen in the nighttime streets, and the ice-cold stars glimmered
brightly between the trees of the mansion opposite.
Leaving the door as it was, Reiko climbed up the stairs. As she
had walked around, her tabi were no longer slippery. From about
halfway up the staircase, a strange odor assailed her nostrils.
The lieutenant lay prone in a sea of blood. She had the sense
that the point of the sword was jutting further out of his neck
than before.
Reiko walked unconcerned through the pool of blood. She sat
down beside the body of the lieutenant and gazed at one side of
the face that was pressing down on the mat. The lieutenant’s eyes
were wide open like one possessed.
1Л.О [Л:'э] stand
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— X & even more than ~
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sharp relief
feel as though
bo t mimetic fixedly
[Л-'ЭЙй] stare
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possessed
‘x < ] wide
[Й> & Ль < ] open one’s
eyes
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through
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Ъ b 1- beside
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4& c* _t.11 £ [Zf# #>lf<?>] lift up and
embrace
W [< W&] lip
ifll [t>] blood
4Л d [aft <' d ] wipe away
yiJ^LO [Ъй'Л<7>] parting
[-tf'-j^Az] kiss
[AZitLib] not get messed up
[^. L] loins, middle
< [i < ] wrap (something) around
b!i] < [Z'Z: < ] firmly
[ Lii>-?>] tie, tighten
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ФРАН [Л> Lt4i) closet
$f *b LI' [&7c b L v»] new, fresh
fl И [LZ>i']white
Т;Ф [ L ? л>] blanket ®
IJ®41t [C. L £> t ] waist cord ©
[Zc-t] takeout
["t-fl skirt
/Ж/* [Mt' A] Reiko©
[*> ф ? l1] lieutenant
[Lt5sii] corpse
—>R [и-э L'f <] one shaku (1 shaku-
11.93 inches)
~(i t around
[1±4'Л?)] be distant, be apart
t Cl -6 place
-S [T b S ] sit
[йчЧТЛ] dagger
Ш [JsCZ] sash
Й [Й < J draw, pull out
She cradled his head in her sleeve-covered arms, wiped the blood
from his lips with her sleeve and gave him a farewell kiss.
Then she stood up and took out from the closet a fresh white
blanket and a waist cord. To stop her skirts from becoming dis-
ordered, she wrapped the blanket around her middle and fastened
it tight with the waist cord.
Reiko sat at a spot about a foot away from the lieutenant’s
body. She pulled the dagger from her sash, stared at the clear,
bright blade and held it to her tongue. The polished steel tasted
rather sweet.
Reiko did not falter. When she thought that the pain that
had previously put such a distance between her and her dying
husband would now be hers too, she felt only joy that she could
become part of the world of which her husband already had pos-
session.
Co h mimetic fixedly
ЖВД & [C> x d bright
7) [•V’t di] blade
M&b/b [/t/nfo-b] look at intently
ff [L Лг] tongue
Zb •b place against
Ш < ] [passive form in text] polish
SB [l±/j?hl steel
somewhat, rather
ttV' и] sweet
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ЖА<±АЧ#Г,
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^bt? [<£ Ltd suffer
ДА [Ьч t] husband @
Ж [bАз] face
(i L $b X for the first time
Й-& [<&?>] see
H/О' [4‘Ub] something
-/Ь1,ГЙ¥& [AAMT] incomprehensible
4» X) thing, something ©
T'fS (i [ <1 A. t' li ] now ©
Й Я" [ L«^A] oneself, herself ©
[&-?] riddle, mystery
M C [ t < ] solve
B§~F- [fiV'd] Reiko ©
fe L X [ L X L Z> ] believe in
АЖ [ЛЧ' ё ] great duty, noble cause
>ф:^(7) [{JAzh-э о] true
’i^PA bitterness
ti*P4< sweetness
[V'S >!•?•] now for sure, this time
(without fail)
Р^Ъ ? [гЬ Lb d ] [potential form in text]
taste, experience ©
feel as though, imagine
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С"С [й'6 d LT] with difficulty
— T <C -b indicates a situation or phe-
nomenon emerging
i tl& & V' unmistakable
[Lb] tongue
JC [O b <) t ] base of the throat
[(± £ £ ] tip (of a blade) ©
ЗЬ T *b place against
—О [У-to] one
On the face of her husband in his torment there had been some-
thing enigmatic that Reiko had seen for the first time. Now it
was her turn to solve that riddle. Reiko felt that now she herself
would be able to savor the true bitterness and sweetness of the
Noble Duty in which her husband believed. What she had until
now tasted only faintly through her husband she would now get
to taste directly on her own tongue.
Reiko put the point of the blade to her throat. She made a
single thrust. Too shallow. Her head grew terribly hot and her
hands shook uncontrollably. She dragged the blade forcefully to
the side. Something warm gushed up into her mouth, and before
her eyes was a scarlet vision of spraying blood. She summoned
up her strength and drove the point of the blade violently into
the depths of her throat.
10/16/1960
< [o < ] thrust
shallow
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%> grow hot
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or phenomenon emerging
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UI [ < *э] mouth
warm
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ПХ o' Jtlf -Ь [Л. i?6] spurt up
I&L (Ul blood
£J L] vision
Й'Уй [i oZn/i &Zn] deep red
iS’/C [ZnO IL j; ] she
Л'&Т-хР-б [UZ»‘£> & x.-Z>] become
emboldened
[Oh] throat
M [U < ] depths, interior
WJLjST [$ L tUT] stab through
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1960
—7л [ IL Ф ') (Zi*o) IX i9> ? Ъ < (I-
t>) ] October 16
JUN’ICHIRO TANIZAKI
(1886-1965)
Jun’ichird Tanizaki was born in the Nihonbashi district of Tokyo in
1886. Although his grandfather was a prosperous merchant, Tanizaki’s
own father was without commercial talent, and a series of abortive
business ventures meant the family was always short of money. All but
one of Tanizaki’s younger siblings were dispatched to foster homes,
and had it not been for the intervention of family friends, Tanizaki
himself would have been unable to complete his education.
Much more important to Tanizaki’s development than his hapless
father were the women in his life: his beautiful mother, Seiki, and
his nursemaid, Miyo. The cosseted boy is reported to have suckled
at his mother’s breast until the age of six and his nursemaid slept at
his side throughout his childhood.
Entering Tokyo Imperial University as a Japanese literature student
at the age of twenty-two, Tanizaki was instrumental in establishing
the literary journal Shinshichd, the third issue of which featured his
short story The Tnttooer. The tale of a tattoo artist who decorates
the back of a young girl with a spider that enables her to dominate
the opposite sex, it featured the luxuriant prose, rich descriptive
detail, and risque subject matter that were to characterize the writer
throughout his career. Tanizaki was taking a deliberate stand against
the literalness of the Naturalists and, according to Gessel, his influ-
ences at this time were Edgar Allan Poe, Oscar Wilde, Baudelaire,
and Krafft-Ebbing’s studies in sexual pathology.
As offers from magazines poured in, Tanizaki dropped out of uni-
versity to devote himself to writing, publishing his first collection of
stories in 1911. He married Chiyo Ishikawa in 1915, but soon started
living with her younger sister, Seiko, instead. Tanizaki was so besot-
ted with all things modern and Western at this stage that he moved
to the foreign district of Yokohama in the early 1920s, and with her
occidental looks and movie star ambitions, Seiko dovetailed more
neatly with this obsession than her placid sister. Seiko is even thought
to be the model for the promiscuous female protagonist of Naomi,
Tanizaki’s 1924 novel about Taisho Era decadence.
After the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, Tanizaki moved his
family to Western Japan. This was originally intended as no more
than a temporary expedient, but, accustomed as Tanizaki was to the
relentless modernization of Tokyo, the traditional atmosphere of
Kansai (the Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe area) seemed dreamlike and exotic
by comparison and he was to spend the rest of his life there.
The 1928 novel Some Prefer Nettles, about a man trapped in a pas-
sionless marriage who finds consolation in the beauty of old Japan,
was clearly autobiographical. In 1930, Tanizaki shunted his wife Chiyo
off onto a poet friend of his, and in 1931 he was briefly married to a
student little more than half his age, before wedding Matsuko Morita,
the ex-wife of a wealthy Osaka merchant, in 1935.
Tanizaki’s books from this period—The Secret History of the Lord
of Musashi, The Reed Cutter, A Portrait of Shunkin—though set in the
Japan of several centuries ago tend to deal with the modern theme of
sexual obsession. This enthusiasm for the past found its logical cul-
mination in Tanizaki’s rendering of the eleventh-century The Tale of
Genji into modern Japanese, a massive undertaking that took several
years.
During the war, Tanizaki worked on his masterpiece, The Makioka
Sisters, a psychological study of three sisters from a declining Osaka
merchant family. It was one of his least sexual works but fell foul of
the censors and so was not published until 1948. Partly because of
his refusal to be co-opted by the militarists, Tanizaki was lionized
after the war, receiving the Medal of Culture in 1949. Respectability
did nothing to affect his choice of subjects, and later works such as
The Diary of a Mad Old Man and The Key address the paradox of
unfading sexual desire in impotent old age. Tanizaki died in 1965.
“An obsessive concern with ‘lust, cleptomania, sadomasochism,
homosexuality, foot-fetishism, coprophilia and Eisenbahnkrankheit
(railroad phobia)’ does not constitute a focus upon the concerns of
the average citizen” drily observes Tanizaki biographer Gessel (1993,
69; in reference to a list by Anthony H. Chambers). Sexual deviancy
may be Tanizaki’s best known, but it is far from being his only sub-
ject. Aside from an artificiality worthy of Flaubert or Oscar Wilde, at
different times of his career his works display an insight into female
psychology worthy of Henry James, a playfulness worthy of Nabokov,
and a historical knowledge worthy of Victor Hugo. Perhaps Tanizaki’s
overriding characteristic as a writer is his uninhibited and innocent
zest for life in all its aspects.
The Secret
Love Is a Game
The story of a jaded sensualist seeking ever-stronger stimuli in an
attempt to reignite his flagging zest for life, “The Secret" appeared
in Tanizaki's first collection of short stories in 1911. It thus dates from
his “diabolist” period when he was heavily influenced by the decadent
aestheticism of late-nineteenth-century Western literature. Luxuriant,
elaborate language with meticulous descriptions of everything from the
labyrinthine Tokyo streetscape to fine silk kimonos; exotic themes like
transvestitism and romantic gamesmanship; a pervasive tone of mischie-
vous, waggish charm—whether in terms of style, content or attitude,
“The Secret" is a perfect microcosm of Tanizaki's eccentric but beguiling
universe.
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find
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to retire from the lively milieu that had heretofore enveloped
me, and slip away from the various men and women with whom
I normally socialized. I had hunted high and low for a suitable
hiding place before I discovered a Shingon temple in the Mat-
suba-cho area of Asakusa where I eventually ended up renting a
room in the monks’ living quarters.
The temple was in the middle of an obscure and fiendishly
labyrinthine part of town near the grounds of the Twelve Story
Tower. You got there by following the Shinbori Canal from Kikuya
Bridge straight along behind the Higashi-Hongan Temple.
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?W channel, canal
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the base of
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On one side of the slums, which sprawled out like so much trash
tipped from a bin, there ran a long, orange-colored earthen wall
that projected an extraordinary atmosphere of serene and solemn
isolation.
In preference to secluding myself in a suburb like Shibuya
or Okubo, right from the start 1 suspected there must exist a
marvelous, lonely spot that people overlooked somewhere within
the city itself. Just as stagnant pools are found here and there in
fast-running mountain streams, I was convinced that, squeezed
between all the bustling streets of the old town, there must be a
tranquil quarter through which—exceptional cases and individu-
als aside—people almost never passed.
Something else occurred to me too.
Л [Оt] person©
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filin' [-ttAZfvJ Sendai (in northern
Japan)
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A 'Mj [$ H 1^)1 Kyushu (south-west-
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АЖИТ [l-A сГх ') A> i -5 ] Ningyo-cho
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one thinks
?H|ll [A < $ A] many
I was a great lover of traveling. I had journeyed to Kyoto and
Sendai, and from Hokkaido all the way down to Kyushu. But
there was no doubt about it: amongst the various neighborhoods
of Tokyo—the very neighborhoods of Tokyo where I had lived
for twenty years now since my birth in Ningyo-cho—there were
still streets on which I had never set foot. Doubtless there were
more such streets than I thought.
Among the countless streets great and small that crisscross one
another like a honeycomb in the old town of this metropolis, I
became unsure which were more numerous: streets I had walked
down or streets I had not.
It must have been when I was eleven or twelve years old. I
went with my father to the Hachiman Shrine in Fukagawa.
metropolis
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one has not passed through
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H "C (A A A t ] probably
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years old
tft [A. A] time, period
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with
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back
MfL’Cff <( [oftT.' < ] take (someone
somewhere)
— [—Cl t т5?ёЬ Z ] have had the
experience of
H-M 1-?’^] there
[ГА-edTAjtreattoa ,bm [-^t> J: d ] Koami-cho
"~-~C -b do as a favor for (someone of
lower social status than oneself)
particle combination used to
express desire
Sd [v'd]say
[t>A] father
TA [;bAL] I
JjllA] [ItV'ZfV'] precincts
/ЬТО'ИТ [!.£&£> j; 5 ] Kobuna-cho
I~ & А Ь ] area, environs
JffiiaO [IS О Ъ b ] canal, ditch
<( [ J -э A < ] completely
Й5 [-L L tr ] appearance, air
;J£ ? [Ай*d] be different
ФтО^И [(±!£O-t£;£и] narrow
[£ L] banks
MV' [t> < t'] low
“We’ll take the ferry across and then I think I’ll treat you to
some of those famous noodles at the Fuyugi rice market.”
Saying this, my father led me off behind the shrine compound.
There was a river that felt quite different from the canals around
Koami-cho and Kobuna-cho: narrow, low-banked and swollen,
it flowed with a sluggish listlessness that seemed to prize apart
the eaves of the houses crammed so tightly together on either
shore. Weaving its way between any number of lighters and barges
anchored nose-to-tail, each looking longer than the river was
wide, the tiny ferry made the journey to and fro with no more
than two or three thrusts of the pole on the riverbed.
I^T] water
—‘H'lC [V'o full
[Л < HcbZJ-b] swell up
/II [Z'b] river
[C J Z1 <] closely
[Zc"C C. tr] be crowded together
(ofbuildings)
1 x 6 L] both banks
[и А и A] houses
If [Ojleaves®
W [to Lbits] push through
Ь'7\Д 0 h mimetic stagnantly, heavily
WS [ & <0 7 < 1 languidly, wearily
[&ZstbS] flow
[t>V' $&] small
[bZc Lt^b] ferryboat
J11 Фи [ АФ li IX] width of the river
JaV* [&АФ] long
W/iL 0 [ IC Z: 0 ] lighter, barge
{к.Ж [ТЛ X] lighter, jollyboat
[t’> < A 7 ] several (boats)
[Zt"Clc] lengthwise
У[| [4' line up
fnj [&v>Zz] space between, opening
lid 1^7] weave through
twoor
three thrusts of the pole
I) only
mimetic with a murmur
АЖ [&&'?‘^] bottom
iij [o < ] thrust
tfcmT -b [b 7 < A S ] go there and
back
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tz tftz If frequently
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[iJS V' i? &T-&] visit (a
holy place)
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Id £T] back
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direction of
%tlx [ L 7? Л> & й j^tr] pay one’s
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z^'/yV panorama
[xj painting
[й & X] front
~{f t)' 1) only
Ж [? *Ь] back
dead end
[it L- c? ] scene, landscape
Йt [L-tfX A] naturally
^jXL-S [^Лй*х.гЬ] think
[If A$"v'] now
1Д0 HU [few Jx_] before one’s eyes
Л1 [Zi'b] river
Йс L Ш [f> tc L If] ferry
[Az. &] be visible
[-Fo$ It] ahead of that
[И-dn] extensive
I had visited the Hachiman Shrine many times before, but it
had never before occurred to me to think what it might be like
behind the compound. As I always used to pay my respects to
the shrine from the torii gate at the front, perhaps I’d ended up
thinking of it as a panorama painting—a scene that was all front
and no back and went nowhere. The river and the crossing point
right there in front of me, then a broad tract of land stretching off
into infinity beyond them—the mysterious vista seemed further
from Tokyo than either Kyoto or Osaka: it was more like one of
those worlds we so often meet in our dreams.
JfU jfij [ Lfc/v] piece of land, area
L & & [liT L h & < ] limitlessly
[oo* < ] continue
вл£ [&-Fl riddle, puzzle
тЬЖ [C. ? ItV’1] scene, view
kl-b [<& Z> ] see
in some way
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ARZ Osaka
i о t more
ЖЖ [ t 9 £ x 91 Tokyo
be distant
from
dream
[~Ф£^Т] in
[LlXL IX] often
ЖЖд [Tib 9 ] encounter
[-it/pvj world
— СОЙП‘C [~orh <] just like
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IRf [i *>] district,quarter
МИШ'Т -S d •?'d T•?>] imagine
~'СЖ'Ь [~TA-5] to see what it is like
[k^A-tkOd: 4s 0 ] street of
shops inside a temple
d enormous
i) CD [ L 1фг^ 0 <D] vermilion-painted
4э 'ip-1 [^з if d ] temple, hall
& h1 b^d tiled roof, rooftiles
•aiti* [O-Ft?] see
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/f Ж 0 5 i] sight, spectacle
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delineate
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[^>/г i U 9 Z'-£] come to
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tz t; tz k> gradually, over time
tzK [£> t £] adult
V' [-ttltA^6K6i'] wide circle
of acquaintances, range of activity
[~(l LZz^A'] as
J[1 R [£> LA] acquaintance
Ж h'X- 9 t)] house
visit
ТЕВЖН1 [i±blossom-view-
ing excursion
HiTHt 7^ [-СЯЧМ] set off, set out
I then tried to imagine what kind of district there might be
immediately behind the Kannon Temple in Asakusa. But although
I could clearly picture the sight of the tiled roof of the enormous,
vermilion edifice when seen from the shopping promenade, noth-
ing else came to mind. As I grew older and my world gradually
widened, it seemed as if I had walked the length and breadth of
Tokyo, visiting the houses of acquaintances or going on outings
to see the blossoms; and yet, frequently enough, I would still
stumble upon marvelous new worlds of the kind I had encoun-
tered as a child.
Convinced that such a parallel world would be the ideal place
for me to hide, I searched everywhere. And the more I searched,
the greater the number of unvisited areas I discovered.
ЖЖ’ЖФ •)] whole city
ofTokyo
< [ < i & < I thoroughly
S < ] walk, journey on foot
V' Zj iZ even now
Tflt [Z £4] child
КМУ [ time, period
ЙьИ&Т-b [ifv'ltA'T£>] experience
extraordinary
other world ®
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IT Й 9 В' § & 9 ] meet on the way
tz Vt tz frequently
't')'£') [-£-? v* 7 ] of that kind
~ C, the very, precisely ~
[Л£йр< i"] hide oneself
[< о £ J; 9 &] ideal
S'? [jo G 91 think
(Z Z tL L Z ] here, there and
everywhere
И /5 l > (Z variously
й-кЖ#)-?) [ E й* L G E Й-Ь] seek, look
for
— IT —f e [ — !i t“] the more (one
does something) the more .. .
TiS B'i until now
jilfi-b [<h jo •&] pass through
~ -ji-O tg. v4 [ —- Z <h О & v q have never ~
[< district, quarter
jflj & M [ v1 tz Z> L Z 6 ] everywhere
[Ci о it/LT-b] [passive form in
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b'TAIfL] Izumi Bridge
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~“СЙ<С [~"Cis <] and remain in that
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<T<Z)|h][Z [-S-co&V'Zrlf] between them
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Zl^WI [l-t> £ т f t>] Nichomachi
ЖНЙ5 [v^b tr £> cT] Ichimura Theater
tf< [’-'<] go
9 [TA L, ? if0 ] main street
with streetcar tracks
buckwheat noodle shop
ft [?5' if J corner
[AX] right
ffi-Ь [f turn
[Lift4 playhouse
III [J X] front
Ж о Й Cl- [ f 'j T <’l-] straight
W Й ® [ 0 d -tt t' $'] Ryusei Theater
— [~OI5 д'4-] in the direction of
Ш <6 [T-Ь ] emerge, come out
—НИТ [l^£At> J: d] two or three
blocks
roughly
JtklTll [ ВЙА] piece of land, area
— [v>t> ifk-'&v'] not even
once, never
IfS't? [^tr] tread
^£X [jolfX] memory
u‘0 [tr^Lo] old, former
[Xt'/cV'lf L] EitaiBridge
£f Ж [ д A ] right bank, east bank
[Zz & X ] approach to a bridge
While I had been over the Asakusa and Izumi Bridges countless
times, I had never once crossed the Saemon Bridge, which lies
between them. To get to the Ichimura Theater in Nicho-machi,
I always turned right off the streetcar boulevard at the corner
with the noodle shop; but I had no recollection of ever having set
foot in the two- or three-block area directly beyond the theater
in the direction of the Ryusei Theater. I had no clear picture
of what the waterfront was like if you headed to the left from
the east end of the old Eitai Bridge. In addition, it seemed that
there remained many places I did not know in the districts of
Hatchobori, Echizenbori, Shamisenbori and Sanyabori.
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[Zp L] riverside
ZE д' [<"<#>i'] state
if 9 really
Й* [ <£ < 1 well
W & [ b Zp & ] know, tel I
[(SZp] other
ATTWi 1 ti "J *> x "5 I? 0 ] Hatchobori
ЙВиЙЙ [x. tj-tf АЛ?0 ] Echizenbori
[L] Shamisenbori
]1|'ё’ЙП [ £ /wV] Sanyabori
[ZpV'Ъv'] neighborhood
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АЙР [А>Т 6] temple
Л!?') ] vicinity
among them
— •Sr the most
iWA £ d 4'] peculiar
KT [i t>] district, quarter
AIK [6o < ] Rokku (entertainment
district)
гзТ£ч [ X L Ъ “о] Yoshiwara (brothel
quarter)
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}лЕх.Ь [гТ'й'Л-Ь] have close by
fe> «t I4 <k just a little
ШТ [ <fc <fc ') ] bystreet, alley
—'D о | one
Й >b { iI turn (and go down)
I'Jf 6] place
itKLV'1 [§ CXLv'] lonely
^ttZz [T/cttZ:] decrepit
lX.M [ < t > ] district, quarter
[-o < z>] make
ilh'r’ii't- [t>lL i d !-] extremely
< [ЪЛгЬ] I
Ml-A-S 1'i>] be to one’s liking
J [~T L i о ] completely
until now
1=1 5У [ I, myself
M' [t'UW L AzФ 9 ] dearest
friend
[(±"C4'] flashy
[-tft'Z: < 4'1 extravagant
^P/L-cf ordinary
ЖМ [ h d X d 1 Tokyo
~<h z4”7 [— t v» 9 ] by the name of
The area near the temple in Matsuba-cho was the most curious
of them all. The way that, just when Rokku and the Yoshiwara
were right there in front of your nose, a quick dive down an
alley brought you to this zone of melancholy and dilapidation
pleased me exceedingly. It was pleasant beyond measure to sneak
away from my erstwhile bosom friend—a chap by the name of
“Flashy, Luxurious and Commonplace Tokyo”—and be able to
secrete myself and observe all the commotion in tranquility.
[^] fellow
[Пи'С^иО
give (someone) the slip
quietly
Й0Е [-£ d Cid] commotion
[(?-) й'Л’Т C>] observe as a
spectator
Cl о 0 secretly, stealthily
т5'< "H hide oneself
[v>Z>] [potential form in text] be
'1ни!&'£ pleasant
' “C & 61V ' be so ~
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*£ ft -S [иЛ-1 Л seclude
oneself
В 6tJ [ <> < X § ] purpose, aim
SU ft in particular
J® !Й? & ~3~ %) [^<Л <t n % T-b 1 study
[~ЛЙ] for
fO® [<0i 6] at that time
& [HZ:L] I
ft $5 [ LAltv] nerves
Я [l±] blade
Ш UJHZl [^ 0 £ HZ:] worn-down
0 file
[il'tfAS:] sharp, sensitive
[Z't'Z'tJ every corner
"I” x> 0 completely
ПЗЛ5Ы grow blunt, go dull
ft [ 1 ti h"] to a great extent
[L^£t'] color
?/«'*'* [С V'] deep, strong
ib <s t'V> gaudy, showy
1^1 [&<£>] thing
Жл£ d [“£'&?] encounter
(nJ<T) — — &V' [^Aco~~&v>] not
at all
i ?] interest
< [t><] surge up
fl&Wl [ CX$ v' & ] fine, subtle
lli&'x'tt [й'А/Сф-1±и] sensitivity
Ш $ [l±Z: £> £ ] working, function
& [<£•? ^ Ф б T-6] require
—yfL<£> [v»t> О ф ') O] top-class ®
Bfnttf-o] art
44iH [ D i 0 0 ] cooking, food
Ь [й^Л’^'Ь] appreciate
Ф ”1 пё & [-5>Л'Ю d & ] impossible
Study was not the goal of my seclusion. At that time, my nerves
were like the blade of a file that has been worn smooth—its
sharp edges all utterly blunted—and it took an encounter with
the most intense and lurid things to even arouse my interest. It
was impossible for me to appreciate things like top-notch art or
cuisine that depend upon the workings of a fine sensitivity. I
was just too world-weary to respond to any of the commonplace
pleasures of the metropolis, whether admiring a restaurant cook
said to be the dernier cri of Tokyo, or appreciating the technique
of Nizaemon and Ganjird. Through inertia I was spending day
after day in a life of tedious idleness and I could no longer bear
it; I was desperate to discover a new fagon de vivre—curious,
artificial and completely divested of convention.
TW [ L Л: ilow town
chic, fashionable
z5 9 [и 71 [passive form in text] say, call
[ £> <• ^1 tea shop, restaurant
cook
ItS'L'T admire
—'"‘C&Z) [—T&<61 to see what it is
like ®
tlifcftiF'i b A4 Nizaemon
(Kabuki actor’s name)
ЙВ'/пШ Cd 7 ] Ganjird (Kabuki
actor’s name)
C 71 technique
ЖИТ-Ь [Lid appreciate
Я AT [-r^-Clall
dt Ж/с 1) О [ab 0 § Л: 0 o] common-
place, ordinary
metropolis
A < 1 pleasures
respond to,
accept
<£> ;£ 1) excessively
[ССЬйЧ? tr] become jaded
tWitl [Zf О X <] inertia
— [—because of
ffiЙV' [Й t Ldv'] enjoyable
Wffif# [bATcS:] idle
ЯЙ life
v*[2] everyday
[< *2 tf'x.’tl repeat
Ж X. -£• [Zz x. Z> ] [potential form in text]
endure, bear
[-tfX-tfX] entirely
IH15 [ S Ф 7 7 ] convention
[litreject
t curious
MHiT [ЛЛ'/ЛТ] discover
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[ ЫТ£ ] stimulation
ЖН-Ь [#ft-b] become tamed
~T J ') [—T L i "7 ] thoroughly
[ LA, If и] nerves
ffiV'‘ijr!c7i>'t' [A>&t'ftshake up
(УЙ' [A" I’A1] something
[ft L ^'4'1 extraordinary
иТ'1'S & [ “Z • V> &] wei rd
[ C. <k ] act, experience
[ifЛ ILo] reality
[^Ifli&ft&l be distant
(from)
[^li A^:] barbarous
/£W [^ ') t d £] fabulous, fantastical
[t?tf A/T £ hallucinatory
[ < d ё I atmosphere
— (DФ[~04‘/i'U] inside
ЖЖФ -b [ift '-f < inhabit
ШЖ-Ь ['C'§ &] be able to do
Sd [fttd] think®
fA [Ъ£ L] I
•ill [Z: J LA'] soul
Й <( [ h ft < ] far
/? E U У Babylon
T "J У 9 "V Assyria
r^f f t (^ZfV'J ancient times
(а’йЙ. ["Cft-ifo] legends
[It Уг [-tb^'V'l worlds
$ 9 [ $ i 9 ] wander, roam
Ф У К 4 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle:
creator of Sherlock Holmes
fef? [?> V'i ') ] Kuroiwa Ruiko: novel-
ist who adapted works by Alexandre
Dumas and Victor Hugo
1
250 Ж
Was there anything sufficiently extraordinary and bizarre to
set my nerves—overaccustomed to all run-of-the-mill stimula-
tion—aquiver? Could I not dwell in a dreamlike ambience, bar-
barous, fantastical and remote from reality? As I pondered thus,
my soul wandered to the faraway world of ancient Babylonian
and Assyrian legend; conjured up the detective stories of Conan
Doyle and Ruiko; yearned for the burned earth and green grass-
lands of the sun-scorched tropics; recalled fondly the ingenious
practical jokes of my mischievous boyhood.
It occurred to me that to suddenly abstract myself from the
busy world and make all my actions secret out of pure whim
would be quite enough to endue my life with the hues of mystery
and romance.
ЙИД'ЬйЙ [fcAXt'L X d-fro] detective
story
ffifScT I -4 9 ') T £ ] imagine
9-£A] light, beam of light
intense
[too A(2 9] tropic
Ж-t [ L X 9 burned earth
[ Ь X < ’N green field
Ж V ' Ж 9 D V' L A 9 ] yearn for
[ЪА(Х < A] naughty, unruly
[ L x 9 faA CZc'V'l boyhood
-t У Ь fa eccentric
ЖЖ [<£> < $'] practical joke
[£> feel drawn (to)
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IfWj D 9 t”91 action
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to see what it is like
^”"C3’ already
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П7 7 4’ romantic
[ L $ tj color, tinge
A 5? [ A] I, myself
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Ш^ц [O&o] secret ®
— t 2a 9 [~ t и d ] that is ®
Й [t O] thing
НПЙс? [i> t L-6 ?] fun, interest
if#- [г ft] child
0^5t [ C-S/v] time, period
L Л- U- A <E keenly, deeply
В^Ъ 9 [& Ub d ] taste, enjoy
?5' *( tLA/[3f hide-and-seek
L [/гй>ъ treasure hunt
[£>t> <jl?d T] blindman’s buff
]®|Ж [Фд гУ] game
[Cl t (г] especially
[S [<A] darkness
Д& [(XAj evening
d ’tH’n V' [9 i“ dim, dark
^WlliZJ\IH [ t О is CXJ] little storehouse
['A/vOAZ/t §] double-leafed
hinged door
~0tj[ [~O t x.] in front of
If ? [is Cl о ] [passive form in text] con-
duct, do
к-У [ h S ] times
Tfil Й[is t L A&•] enjoyment, excite-
ment
it L'C [ L Ф t L-Т] mainly
-?"(7)[нН- [^o&t'Zric] at such times
[A L £'&] marvelous
M'S* [^ A/v] mood, feeling
ifltr [£>£€?] lurk, be latent
—-<tV' because of, due to
I—['-'ICAt'&V»] defi-
nitely be
t) 'j —‘Ж [ t ? V' f ] one more time
i d iaA CZi'V'] childhood
Ever since childhood, I had possessed a keen relish for the plea-
sure of so-called “secrets.” Doubtless the unique enjoyment of
games like hide-and-seek, treasure hunt and blindman’s buff—
particularly when played on a dark evening, or inside a gloomy
storage shed or in front of its double doors—was mainly due to
the marvelous sense of the “secrets” that they involved.
It was out of a desire to once again experience emotions like
those I’d had playing hide-and-seek as a child, that I had delib-
erately concealed myself in a limbolike part of the low town
unknown to anyone. And the fact that the temple’s doctrine
was that of the Shingon sect, with its profound association with
“secrets,” “charms” and “maledictions,” inevitably stimulated my
curiosity and nourished my fantasies.
Attj [A < HAli9 ] hide-and-seek
t>] feelings
desire to experience
Ъ к. deliberately
Л [O t ] person
Pft < 1 notice
ТШГ [ LA i t>] low town
V'A] obscure
<h CL A place
гЙ' & й' < hide oneself
ЖМ^ [ L Л - A L Ф 9 1 Shingon sect
W'nT'L'' 9 £ LA] curiosity
Ж 0 [ £ "£• n ] invite, entice
9 9 ] fantasy
Wtf [!± <' < &] [causative form in text] foster
i’n WA* Cl 9 &] suitable, perfect
[йЧГ |q] temple
тггЩ' [ L Ф d L] doctrine
^Ж [2 L*v>] spell
[ L Фincantation
0 thing
[x_A] affinity, link
deep
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[ЛгТ^Т] build onto, expand
Hi® [< b ] monk’s living quarters
— bI5 [v't>^i] a part
Ж [Лл&Л] south
|nj *C [ tr < ] face
(l±£> b x d b ^1 eight mats
(in size)
lll-^lt-6 [OUif-b] get burned by
the sun
£p' L [T £ L] slightly
[£> jtjV’>6;6sZ)‘<6] turn brown
Tt: [ZcZtAj tatami mat
iPoT [^xoT] on the contrary
liZlHM [Afcab] appearance
[Л’Т^7i'&] peaceful
l^E^'V71 [«bZr/z^'t»] warm
1^12- [Л'Л C] feeling
-^•A'b [i>Zzx-5>] impart
JOI c? [U’-S"Г ^'1 early afternoon
mellow,mature
[£> ё ] autumn
H [t>] day
Ж [itXh ? ] magic lantern
— <C [~OC’h <] just like ®
t redly
££1Ш1 [x/vtJMj] veranda
l“?-"F [L £ d bl shoji, paper screen
ffix. ?> [ & x. >?> ] burn
ЖЙ [ interior (of a room)
[£43^ #] big
'l'i'llBJ [if A!f V ] small paper lamp
PJJ&V' [гЬй'^>I'] bright
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254 И
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My room was in a newly built addition to the monks’ quarters,
and as it faced south, its eight tatami mats had been slightly
browned by the sun, which actually produced an atmosphere
of tranquil warmth. In the early afternoon, the mellow autumn
sun would glow red upon the shoji of the veranda like a magic
lantern, and the interior of the room shone like an enormous
paper lamp.
I put away in the cabinet all the documents on philosophy and
art that had until then been my favorites, and instead littered
the room—as if spreading things out for a summer airing—with
books that overflowed with weird illustrations and tales: books
on magic and hypnotism, detective novels and chemistry and
anatomy texts. Sprawling on the floor, I would then open up
whatever volume came to hand and immerse myself in it.
[v> £ £ "C] until now
Ж L & [ L L tr] be fond of
fF'/- [Т'Э'/гХ ] philosophy
art
— -Ь -S] connected
with
егЖ [L J: £и] documents
—all
P ffl [ Ь & ] cabinet
Z> put away
j'5 [~T L J d 1 thoroughly
I® Ж [£L»3>o] magic
— tz(T>'— tz<D indicates a non-exhaus-
tive list ©
ШВКЖ hypnotism
[ЛгЛО'Ь x d-ito] detective
story
<] chemistry
Й¥пО^ т5' < ] anatomy
ofv* & ] weird
гЙйй tales
[$ Lx.] illustration
Ш ti* 1L t?] abound (in)
[la И book
$ juSt like
dllll’T [ f J: d I?L] summer airing of
clothes, books, etc., to guard against
damage from insects
nbhd [1J L HJ>") 1 throughout the
room
[#£ Xj IqT] litter (things)
about
[9a C 6 Л:] lie about
f-<P>7z 1) ["C&fc 0 L£'V'] whatever
comes to hand
0 V' Ъ If [ < b U 6 If-Ь ] spread
open, unfold
& [ZrX L < -fb] read avidly
У КТ ^<0 The Sign of Four K^r>
у T О Murder, Considered as one of the fine arts 7 у
tf T > ± 4 b ад £ ? *йЙШ' G , AMffi «TW &Sex-
uology ад$4'
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'Z'3~ У К 4 Jb Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
К Зг У У f Thomas De Quincey: Eng-
lish author best known for his Confes-
sions of an English Opium-Eater.
T "7 k 7 У -)~ -P b Arabian Nights
&1Й1Ж t-fe <h сП£&L] fairy tales
[77 >7] France
[л> L- c?*&] strange, curious
Sexuology misspelling of “sexologie”
Ф [(IAJ book
<b [ £ E Z> ] be mixed (among)
lltM [4 4] here
[ IS 1Ф ? L J: <1 chief priest
-b keep secret
[ D C* < CT < < ] Heaven and
Hell
й [T] print, painting
[~£!± 14£>] including
[Ln>&itA/T] picture of
Mount Sumeru
tt <E) — Zi О indicates a non-exhaus-
tive list ©
[taliA^ d] reclining Buddha
V*/) И *5 О various
rij и] old
(А Й paintings of Buddha
'jjilV'X [Lt'f] insistently
beg for, entreat
ТЖ [t> J: d Al exactly
[й?о C. d J school
J: d V'A, L'o] teachers’room
(If/Ь hang
[t>-T]map
Among them were Conan Doyles The Sign of Four, De Quincey’s
On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts and fairy tales
like Arabian Nights—they even included an extraordinary French
book on “sexologie.”
I had been shameless in begging the chief priest for various
old religious paintings, such as a picture of Heaven and Hell that
he had been keeping to himself, as well as a Mount Sumeru and
a reclining Buddha. I hung them arbitrarily on the four walls of
my room like the maps we had in the staff room at school. A
vertical plume of violet smoke always floated silently up from
the incense burner in the alcove, impregnating the bright, warm
room with its fragrance. Sometimes I would go to a shop by the
Kikuya Bridge and buy some sandalwood or aloes to burn.
[t C/) Pjbi*] indiscrimi-
nately
W FM3] room
КЖ [L'''-сП four walls
flf-b [At cdf/j] hang
'"-Xl/L'b [—£<&-5] to see what it is like
fnl [t <0 ] alcove
[C. d *>] incense burner
[ L С- Ф d ] always
[tr % $ ИЗ] purple
d ] incense
J® httrh] smoke
ЖоШХЧ’ o'F <*U] straight
[LT^’IC] quietly
[Z:rise up
Щ-ЬИ [£> At и] bright
warm
interior (of a room)
L-it’-b [Zt£ L£>£] perfume (by
burning incense)
& [bZ: L] I
11 e f § ] sometimes
ЖЖШ < JHi'L] Kikuya Bridge
c?'b] by, beside
д® [&-£] shop
fi1 < [и < ] go
Й1®. [£/’<> < ZfA] sandalwood
[ CA C. ? ] aloeswood
Я o 'C Ak £> -о "C < ] go out to buy
(and come back)
[<•<&] burn
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Q [О] day
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MS [£O&] midday
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—[v»oiiv>{*] plentifully
P??T" [ L1 9 L] shoji, paper screen
cbX -b strike
—Bj: I'-t^lwhen
Ж|А| [ L<3 4’t'] interior (of a room)
£ d & [або$«бгхд4‘]
dazzling
•ИЙЯ [-? d ХЛ] grand spectacle
Л "I” I'Cv'T-Ь] present
UtXLXk] gorgeous, gaudy
IL 5 5 i J color
r!f Й [ ^s] old picture
иЙ (Д [Li л^гэ] various Buddhas
Ж?Ж 16 XX] arhat (monk who has
attained nirvana)
1‘tJx [С/ < ] bhiksu (Buddhist priest)
ft lr.H2 [</< l-l] bhiksuni(Buddhist
priestess)
19 liX < ] upasaka (male lay
devotee)
[9 (£и] upasika (female lay
devotee)
St [-?9 ] elephant
Ш T‘ IL L] lion
OX] qilin (mythical beast)
РЧILё] fourwalls
Mfc [ LX < ] picture mount
~-<L>|LlXL [—co9 LXL] from within
Ф tz tp & rich
it [0X0] light
On days when the weather was fine and the bright rays of the
midday sun fell directly on the shoji, the interior of the room
presented a spectacle of the most impressive grandeur. From the
gorgeously colored old paintings decorating the four walls, all
the various Buddhas, monks who had achieved enlightenment,
priests, priestesses, tipasakas and upcisikas, elephants, lions and
qilins would detach themselves from their picture mounts and
float forth in the lush radiance. And from the countless books
flung across the tatami—treating of vicious murders, anesthesia,
narcotics, witchcraft and religion—a myriad of figures melted
into the incense smoke that shrouded everything in a haze. In the
midst of this, I conjured up visions for myself, day after day, as
I lounged upon a red fur rug about two tatami in size, my eyes
as dull and glassy as those of a savage.
[~0&тНс] inside, amidst ®
izk Hi "t* [j3 <fc c? ZcT ] swim forth
S: [ZrtrA>.] tatami mat
[~<7Jd x_U] on
[passive form in text]
throw out
[t>'i~?] countless
[L X to] book
$ о] cruel murder
[i i n] anesthetic
[ S -V < ] narcotic
Ijpp [<£ d C £ ] witch, enchantress
[ L Ф ? ] religion
[ LL и> ?'oZrO] all sorts of
marionette, figure
l=r [ ci d ] incense
S’ [Ittr *9 ] smoke
Ш& [ h It Z tr] melt into
t d 6 d t ] mistily
V. Ж<Й <£> [tr z isbS ] spread
throughout, shroud
ZE ж [<- Ei i ') ] two tatami mats
— (SZb just
[tt t d -tfA] red fur rug
Й •( [ L < ] spread out
ir' A/i 0 <h L Ze mimetic stagnant, heavy
пл Л [|±*Л t A] savage, barbarian
Ж £ Ж’X. & stare
fixedly
Й Ъ & [faZ lie about
[—i i] unchanged
[ЪЛгЫ I
[i V'lC S Hi t>] every day
А1Ж [ifAA’ < ] hallucination, vision
-]щ < [frjalCx-ti* < ] imagine, con-
jure up
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7l Bf: Щ [ < C ZT6] around nine o’clock
3fO# К b 0 {> 0] staff of the temple
ДЖ [ZcV'/pIp] mostly
-?> [fc LT £-6] be fast asleep
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/ЬЖ [Л’< ГЛА] square-shaped bottle
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ness
— L] after
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anyone else
[ЛА/ЛЪ] veranda
ЖР [гЬ £ <f] shutters
!±TT] pull open
^•№ [(ЗГТ>1 cemetery
hedge
J|E0®X.& [0 0 Л-b] climb over
[£Alf]walk
HuTWt-b ["Celt'S»] go out
nJX [ 4' -& ^ < ] as much as possible
[Ckt not
be seen
feRfe [£ vdf A] every evening
[A <-?•')] clothes, outfit
Ж A & IL Ь й'А-6] change
9 X.A] park
+ffi^ [To L 91 hustle and bustle
[~0 4*75'^1 through
1 tV [<<"£>] slip through
<£ <( [£ -b < ] walk
[A-6L’9 <’T] antique shop
About nine o’clock at night, with most of the residents of
the temple fast asleep, I’d get myself drunk by swigging from a
square bottle of whiskey before making bold to slide open the
veranda shutters, clamber over the cemetery hedge and set out
for a stroll. Wearing a different outfit every night to minimize
the chance of being spotted, I would slink through all the hustle
and bustle of the park, or forage through the shop fronts of the
antique dealers and secondhand bookshops. Some nights I would
throw on a scarf and a short, striped coat and paint the toenails
of my well-scrubbed feet red before slipping them into a pair of
leather-soled sandals. Other times I would go out wearing tinted,
gold-framed glasses and a cape with the collar turned up. I also
enjoyed changing my appearance with tricks like false beards,
moles and birthmarks. But one evening, at a secondhand cloth-
ing shop in Shamisenbori,
й'ФЖ [A £ If A-'ft secondhand book-
shop
it $ ft shop front
{Й О Й1 •£> [зЬ $ h £ to] walk around
[If^b cloth
tied around the face
? £'A] shiny striped cotton
[(± А.X/v] short coat
'J I -э -Ь [СЛ-э Alt-ft throw on
[§tlV'lft beautifully
WF (A A < ] clean, brush
L] bare feet
ДМ [o {ft red nail polish
£ apply
ft It [•£<> A] leather soled sandals
?? [If <] put on (shoes)
[ £ AA ft gold frames
felkSw dark glasses
—ЖЖ L [U £ d t to Ift inverness
(kind of cape)
Ш [A ft collar
yL~Z [ATftputup
Ж & [“Cftgoout
[оitCMf] false beard
(5 <( % mole
Ш birthmark
in various ways
Bilk I A"C ft features, looks
[A A-6] change
Й ft -£> [b‘b LdA-6] enjoy
&& [3bft a certain, one
life [if A] evening
[ L A-itAl? b ] Shamisenbori
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cb A> H hail, small cubes
<ht£ [c. & A] fine pattern
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about
[AjA t$O] womens clothing @
In [& Ь-tf] lined kimono
HR 1ЭД < [Ф U< ] catch one’s eye
.Ш1' |ф d Ul suddenly
[§-6] put on, wear
to see what it is like
(LZi’C’C have an irresist-
ible urge (to do)
jfeflRlZW fzA> t> co] clothing and
fabrics
[~{;Лi'LT] with regard
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Ж1С [ZjA(z] merely
feYj"V' [v'^&v>] colors
[X и] pleasing
[^^1 pattern
h' £ ] fashionable, chic
—[~V't!)4'U] beyond
more
[a.A'V'] deep
Z> L’V'J acute
^^tpL' LA] affection,
attachment
[to] have
— [3pRb'JE [~12й'*В’^Т] not limited to
Я/« [-r-i-clall
I caught sight of a woman’s lined kimono, blue with a delicate
pattern of dots large and small, and was overcome with an irre-
sistible urge to try it on.
Truth be told, I had a deep and keen attachment to cloth-
ing and fabrics that went beyond simply liking certain colors or
elegant patterns. It wasn’t limited to women’s clothing; every time
1 looked at or handled a beautiful bolt of silk, I wanted to bury
my face in it, and often my sensations of pleasure would reach a
peak as if I were gazing at the tones of a lover’s flesh. I even felt
jealous of women who were fortunate enough to be able to dress
up in my favorite fabrics—crepe and silk crepe—whenever they
wanted without fear of public censure.
[? о < LA'] beautiful
№ [£^<><7)]silk
Й-Ь (&£>] see, look at
touch
[~t^]when
M[& A, t & < ] somehow
V Tit <( < ] hug affectionately
in a burst of emot ion
ТЖ [t> j: ') k] exactly, just
Л [ С и ] lover
ЯЛ [liZc] skin
fe color
-b ] gaze at
tfejS [й'1'й'А,] pleasure
it?j Ж 1 tzfr L ii] h igh tide, climax
ЖТ -2> [ZC'jT-Ы reach, attain
[LiXLid] often
[C. t (c] especially
Aftf t? & [ZfV't4'1 favorite
jo'R [lift L] abbr. of ЗэйЙЕчЙ [4эЙЬ
О high-grade silk crepe kimono
h sb/C] silk crepe kimono
indiffer-
ent to public opinion
self-indulgently
ftW & [ § &%> 1 dress up
Ж Ж [T $ -Z> ] be able to do
[ is /U ] wo ma n
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[bZctL<feLd]be
jealous of
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<ЬЙШЙ [-I & К, t> h Й> A] finely pat-
terned silk crepe
-?□ [&FiM lined kimono
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MV' [isij heavy
?vZ?V' [oaoZ:V'] cold
'ff [ ft] cloth, fabric
< [fe(Xo < ] stick
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[o^b] envelop
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? [i> & •? 1 think about ®
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д&Ъ’'Г [4э $> Ь"Г] involuntarily
'b [-d: A h ?>] shiver
[ £ & О ] kimono
Ff -b [ •?> ] put on, wear @
AC [4o A&] woman ®
[Tform, figure
[i>d tV'l street
<( [#>&<] walk
[~T&£] to see what it is like
—[v' t> & H & & < ] without
hesitation
[Zpо £ }2&-6] get in the
mood to buy
О V > 7? I/Z at the same time
[Ф 7 "tf A] YOzen silk kimono
'I?ftF § [ Cl г. Ъ X g ] pleasant feeling
НЙО®
That intricately designed silk-crepe kimono that hung so
limp and tempting in the old clothing shop—and the delightful
sensation of its smooth, heavy, cool fabric enveloping my body
in its viscous folds—the mere thought of it sent a shiver down
my spine. I want to put that kimono on and experience walking
the streets as a woman. Such were my thoughts, and without a
moment’s hesitation I made up my mind to buy it, picking up a
set of long Yuzen undergarments and a haori of black silk crepe
while I was at it.
It seemed likely that the kimono had been worn by a large-set
woman, as it was a perfect fit for a small man like me. When
the night had deepened and the temple grounds were empty and
silent, I stealthily sat down in front of the mirror and set about
making myself up.
Ulilj [&Й* С Ф If A] long undergar-
ment
[< At> 9 lb A] black silk crepe
Т1Ж [lift *9 ] haori, half-coat
'—xA [~ST' &] even
[<h tbi -6] gather
together
Ikrtt [15-£A] time, period
secretly
[£ X ? Zfv'J dresser (with a mirror),
vanity table
|nj d ] face
IE® [It L X ') ] make-up
[It start
[Зо&Л'ь] large frame, big build
ЙЛ-Ь [<AAZ>] seem, appear
'ЫД [С.Й h C.] small man
['t’Alfdl measurement
[? O’Coltmost suit-
able, best adapted
[f^AMtS/f^AUtS]
grow late, the night deepens
‘ А Ь L mimetic empty, deserted
Ф [< C d ] the whole temple
о *? I? L tz mimetic quiet, still
4-'LУпт-х ?МЯ£Л:й'\ iftV'Sv'
ЙЖ£ Чг-Т--О®ф^Я* < }1|1 МШХ Е' .go tz <t у i>
66W-<> ItA-Ai/ii/ii LZzKt5?. ФфАЙЛ-
A 4 Й Я <t> J; А г (±, OIJ f* о tzо £Г.Ф t О C i & Z>
KPloT, Н#ОЙ<ЖЙЧСЙоЙ^-э^гйОЯЛ
iOJi: < ЙЙ£о i I viihi
AAa I) {>, Н^Л^Ю#
©ftfcWt LT^AXv>61tttOiJJ5O^^, S^UW
E %k\\^tzo
IfcfeV' [§ i>Z>vJ yellow
А-№ [£ kJ unmade-up skin
IM± [kt* IXL b] bridge of the nose
AT [tT] first of all
'X V b 0 <h mimetic thickly
[^a his L6vJ geisha make-
up
0 ><& [&T h otf Ъ] rub on, apply
» [L ФА/й'Л] moment
ГШ [ ж d kf d ] look, appearance
Z>L Нг LJ slightly
/ПТ X grotesque
W, X. -b [# x. & ] appear, look
[г t'] thick
ЙV' [LijVj white
ЙК/ [faЛx. ] viscous liquid
'lz‘^ [ГЛь’Г] palms
/ШФ [Zt'fa t‘, й>') 1 whole face
7jila& ‘С H Ла<А/&< ] evenly
ЬФ LJ£ 11 -b [fa LZ7%lf&] smear over
йо/гХН [fato/ci h<>] more
than one thought
CO 0 [О 0 ?5SX v»J spread well
ttV' [& J ia] sweet
4$)И [(2fai'l smell
L-Zz cool
M [ai$] dew
[it**] pores
i'C?^A -Z> [ ЬЛа Ъ] penetrate into
bJclW [ Cb-^1 skin
=t Ъ Z. СЬ pleasure, delight
l&?IJ& [Ze < ^o*] special, exceptional
Й1 [''<(-] rouge
t <Z) powder
Ъ [aft 3] apply, spread on
— [-ULZz^oT] as
Initially, when I first applied gobs of the white paste to the yellow
skin around the bridge of my nose, my appearance was rather
grotesque; but as I used my palms to smear the thick white sub-
stance all over my face, it spread much better than I’d expected
and I found the sensation extraordinarily delightful as the cool,
sweetly scented dew seeped into the pores of my skin. It was
amusing how my face, which had just been of a plasterlike white-
ness, gradually turned into the blooming countenance of a lively
woman as I applied rouge and powder. It dawned on me that the
make-up techniques which actors, geisha and ordinary women
try out on a daily basis with their own flesh as their medium,
are of far greater interest than the works of the man of letters
or the painter.
TlW [-tt-э С. d ] plaster
— O^lK <] just like
[fcZf] just, only
IS to no purpose
До Й & [ £ -□ L 6 &] pure-white
& [bfcbjl
АЙ [й'й] face
h L /с U] frisky
[-tfV'L i. < lively looking
[£>Л&] woman @
111 [??] countenance
-6] change
~’CfT ‘x ['-"CV1 <] indicates an in
crease in tendency
II] Й £ [£ & L 6 £ ] enjoyment
[Л^/v L] man of letters
painter
[lfv> art
ЙМЙ -) ] actor
[IfV1 geisha
—ЙлО [и-эordinary
ПЖ [I'Ci ')] everyday
Й ЬУ [ С«£Л] oneself
fk [й'£>Лг] body
1*1 [l~ <] flesh
1ФН V £ d] material
— t L’C as
[С: С. test, try out
ILM [it L x o] make-up
15Irj [ ^'-1 d 1 technique
[—Oli ? [followed by an adjec-
tive] rather
[ii&ZHl] by a long shot
WHc [^ H t*-] interest
[tJiJV1] much, many
Ш [ L&] learn, realize
25» КЖ, у ьчцшй
ЖоЖ> ---Ж©ЙЙ=(±. Я'<Т<йо#0йЛ755РЖЬд
t IW«Wl!®&4x. Git, ШЯ.й'^ЙЙ'СЙ < '1-эТ.
оЪждЛ’х й'о/ь z -е -Г >А frXt
Ж$ & L (Г) g <г> ± 1: И Ж Шай г IJ £ тй О , й v >-Й10 Tft ^ ©
аж^йпа/^-сйт-’о
^Л€Ч^жд £<k’tAt±? О о
2б> ФЖШГ, itffiB], ffi
1W----ЙьаМйгЖЙХ *5 X
оТЯ/гЛ aifAt> -|S]J^Wp*v>
X 9 ШЧЙЫг^ Ulf £ If ёйиг и
OlO-tt, Obm^bKfc-C-Cff <0
[^^5t <Ф (fAj long undergar-
ment
ФЖ [ti Ax A 01 replaceable kimono col-
lar
Ж 3=5 [C, L i gs ] underskirt, waistcloth
f J- 7f 2L 7
%] ONOMATOPOEIC rustle
пОЙ !fe [& Л. 9 *q] red silk lining
1& [A: i> h ] sleeve
[b£L]l
[iz<£4body
(T-<T]all
е*ДЙ<А) r®] normal
A [Js/v#] woman
1>сГн skin
1!^Ъ d [A ISb') ] taste, savor
|nj^0 [ b -) t 9 0)] the same
IL x о Zi'A] feeling, sensation
[&Л:х.£>] [passive form in text]
impart
Шл£ [xJl&L] nape of the neck
[< < 0s] wrists
Й ‘x [ L -5 < ] white
[«&.?>] apply, spread on
Ж п’тЙ L [v't, X о й5Л L] butterfly-
coiffure
fi [bo 8] wig
CD_hlZ [~O ? i_U] above
ЙО1.ЭДФ г AThood
-b [bx£ <?> ] wear (on the head)
® V'-Щ -о X [b V' § ot] daringly
Ж [й 9 v ‘] comings and goings
Ж [ <t A t? ] nighttime streets
[J ITtiCti-] mingle into
The long undergarment, the replaceable collar, the underskirt,
the rustling sleeves lined with red silk—my body was having
conferred upon it all the sensations that the skin of a normal
woman knows. Painting both the nape of neck and my wrists
white, I put a hood over my butterfly-coiffure wig and boldly
plunged into the busy nighttime streets.
It was a gloomy, overcast night. Senzoku-cho, Kiyosumi-chd
and Ryusenji-cho—I wandered for a while through those neigh-
borhoods with their melancholy streets and numerous canals,
but neither the constable at the police box nor the passers-by
appeared to pay me any attention. The evening breeze coolly
caressed my face, which, dry and brittle, felt as though another
layer of skin had been stretched over it.
[—"CA-^ ] to see what it was
like®
iMlt [& i <* & l) ] overcast sky
? ТИп V' [9 <*£>V'] gloomy
II& [1XA] evening
ТЖЮ” [-ttA-C < x 9 ] Senzoku-cho
[§ «fc'T&ta X 9] Kiyosumi-cho
l1) Ф-) -ttA U X 9 ] Ryusenji-
cho
И [&A D ] area
—Ui‘ [v'-э A V'] whole neighborhood
1Й [&?] canal
[jslJV'] numerous
ifrLt ' [$ LA Lvs] lonely
W [S quarter, street
УГ < [ Lil£> < ] for a while
$ i X wander
[C 9 if A] police box
A£] police officer
Л 9 C 9 KA) passer-by
—[t'o C 9'-’dfi'l not at all
[£ < ] notice
ttffe [#> it #*£>] epidermis, skin
—HC [V'fj it i'l one layer
[<±3] stretch taut
[<i°$ if 5 Ab < ) dry out
Ж [A-fc] face
[~49 9 x.£] upon
1кЖ [fA-tf] evening breeze
[LMj4jAK) coolly
Ш X? <6 [ & "0 & ] stroke, massage
~X7ff [—Xi' < ] indicates an in-
crease in tendency
& U "*Г £ А, Jr tz д -Ь
□Й&ЙН-сй-ЬйМфофйЕ iSot. Ф
< fc^ftv4g«OR^O$gW\ E^ftS J; 3 EBiWiift
So Л^Мй>ш#ой£е< йшпи.ш;е,
# fi о ± i й о < v > S ®rH? П1Ш M T\ ft <W © A. I -! i,
gSthkW <fc 3 4'й1й!''ЖЛй'&Ьч Я £> ЕиЯ5Н3’Й^Я2/с
ftZ’AE^< iot1f< Ib’C&oZro
27> £йИ&ife-э3= £<э£iliEras
ft йн|й£&Ш*ЙоФКЖхТ, Й <
Ci?g Ш-CV'So ft!4 ЙЯ-С-Й^-О^О^ё L $ U'liftfeft
Шг. C©ii^lv4^ ^^Uffo-cv'SA-ES
3 ШЕ A i L < ® E E ftZ_‘o
□ 52 [Cl -)^А/] around the mouth
Sid [йй;>] cover
ШФ [t'^Zjhood
Ф S ii] cloth, fabric
Д [v'^J breath, breathing
— <Z)Z^&b(C [ — О/глЬи] because of
M‘C [«bo < ] hotly
d [•??> 45') ] be moist
^*4 [^>^><]walk
''-'ZcCH'Z everytime
JSV' [&^4i] long
ШЙ [t> О Й>Л] silk crepe
[Cl L :E c? ] underskirt, waistcloth
Ж [i*-S') hem
IS № 41Ъ be playful, gambol about
W [£> L] legs
ЙН'Ь [& о4t£>] get tangled up
ij pit of the stomach
[£bif <b] ribs
52 9 ] region
§S ( [й'/с < ] tightly, firmly
Ц <b [ L It£>] bind tight
/кЖ [ i Z> Й O’] one-piece sash
#58 [<Ю{±'л] pelvis
~O_h£ [—О о X.&] above
[< < %] bind,tie
[ L Cl'£ ] undergirdle
ЙИМ [jHT/v] degree
& [bt:L]I®
№ [й1 b Zc] body
M [itoZuA,] veins
[L-ffAhl naturally
A’ [ t> Л ] worn a n ®
111L [t>] blood
Witi'tiH'Sb & [^T^ZUi ££)?>] start to flow
2J^LV' [i51 Cl <□ LV'] manly
The cloth of the hood that covered my mouth grew hot and moist
with my breath, and at every step I took, the hem of my long
crepe underskirt would get tangled up in my legs in an almost
playful manner. What with a one-piece sash wrapped tightly from
my solar plexus to my ribs and an undergirdle bound around
my pelvis, it felt as though the blood of a woman had naturally
started coursing through the veins of my body, and my male
emotions and posture were gradually starting to disappear.
When 1 thrust out my white-painted hands from under my
muslin sleeves, their strong, solid outlines faded away in the dark-
ness, and they appeared white, plump and soft. I was enchanted
by their beauty. I envied women for genuinely possessing beauti-
ful hands like these.
[^-£A/]mood
[ L-tA'] posture
& & disappear
<] indicates an in-
crease in tendency
9 -tf A) Yuzen silk kimono
sleeve
from under-
neath
[Й L6и] make-up
Ж & [ate & ] apply, spread on
[<]hand @
Zf't] stick out
— ТЙ-Ь [—TA'S] to see what it is like
[оХи] strong
jgJit % [й'/v C 1 d %] solid, firm
Ш (-tf/v] line
И IVЛ-] darkness
Ш X. 'b [ x. £ ] disappear
0 И [ L 6 v >] white
h plump
[’W?tenderly, softly
i?- Ж -b [') В "ОZ>] stand out
[I oneself, myself ®
ей L $ [ 9 о < L $ J beauty
[lift (Jilt-Г 6] be
captivated (by)
I^LA' [о о < LA'] beautiful
^12 [ ISo?1truly
[&«]have
— к [—t nd ] that is called
^з‘ [&</)] person
L [ -5 t i L o] jealous
£ -6 l^’/v tS] [spontaneousform in text]
feel
^АТА 3
smiiL AA-Atf.
i'A*i;®Sn-Ci>6 9 о
Ш1Й/Ь
re^j rioj о
feli^l:A8 ‘) <r)^\ £H
ЯАЕйЙМЛШй, ^tLX, $xALA.
?K Ш'111£йШрЖЖ£®иАА1Ш«A 9 IA LAL
,®л^йЗА^ЖЖ/го
28> +г|^Ом^₽>,
Ж A t , 4 л-5 A--> з > Lfc
6tK?.oT, §
ty <h pK tf) %) о
xl® [L(Xv>] play, drama
[-^AT ACL <?9 ] Benten Kozd
(Robin Hood-type hero)
C 7 7X d [ X 9 V' 9 ] this kind of
[Т^Л:] figure, appearance
$ 1£ £ J О various
JL [oA] crimes
5Q^~ [jojJ'i’] commit
— & *o (i if, supposing
ffiIЙ V> [й & L 6 V'] enjoyable
[ AA-TV’L<£ 9-tto] detective
story
5й1?/1чнЙ [(±Az£'V'L J: 9-tbo] crime
story
й?С^ [ £T < L A3 ] reader
ituM [ L U Ф 91 always
[ =fc-5 IXit-Ы make happy
$#i!u [tfAo] secret
b < ] doubt, suspicion
[^Ai/v]mood
b/Wt't’-Ь (IS 9 Л><? hT-6] closely
resemble
'L'W 'b t> t>] frame of mind
[£>£L] I ®
[L-ZrV^t’] gradually
[tAtгйоадяи]with
many passers-by
AID [! 9 X-A^l park
A К [7jo<] Rokku (entertainment
quarter)
~(7)А'ГЧ [~co(i 9 in the direction of
walk
^xA [$ о B. A] murder
t particle combination used
for desultory lists
'.Stint [~9 £ 9] robbery
What fun it would be to commit all sorts of crimes while dressed
like this, just like Benten Kozo in the play! In a state of mind
akin to the mood of “secrecy” and “suspicion” that provides such
endless delight to the readers of detective and crime stories, I
ambled over to the busy Rokku end of the park. There I was
fully able to imagine myself as someone who had perpetrated a
barbarous act of evil—a murder perhaps, or a robbery.
From the Twelve Story Tower I followed the edge of the pond
and emerged at the crossing near the Opera House, where the
glinting light of the illuminations and arc lamps lit up my heavily
made-up face and revealed the colors and striped pattern of my
kimono.
14-Uin one form or another
Jh'jf,-& [CMS J: d &] remarkable, extreme
cruel
[&< lL£liZ:b<] doa
wicked deed
Л Гн] [(2 AdfAj person
fl T [ LA! A] oneself
.Щ. (j> [is V' Cl tr] get (an idea) into
one’s head
Ш A -b [T § -6] be able to do, succeed
T—I’ll [ С Ф 9 Twelve Story
Tower
ijfj [£xj front
itiiO [ V' l}<Z) Ъ] edge of a pond
— following
7 fit [isь t^A] the Opera House
(a motion-picture theater)
ИУ'ОЙ [ <£ crossroads
Hr [t? ] emerge, come out
d* < T-— у з > decorative lighting
7 — J ‘Fst [ T — t ? 1 arc lamps (street
lights)
A h ] light
L. J: ? wear
thick make-up
Ж [й‘3з] face
£ b £ b E mimetic brilliantly
Нц-Ь [Т-Ы shine
I c? t <O] kimono
fe'n'V' [V> 7) V'] color
В [ L £ <£>] striped pattern
li? I) t clearly
(«t £>&] be possible to make out
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Лг^О^^оХЙ^о
c-vX^i9l!fl-lt^i*№oTU, rSJ tSiW
ЖОЭ^ПТ, Нй'эё 4>По§ <>ЙО£ о КЙ£, йт
д К^йд ktZo 1tv4A,o Wkivt, W< i d
iSHWfr^jZtT, fAOn5^^®HjS?^AO^OSt,
IWHStBg^TWLi&Ho -ed LW£Wi:
<i. >, Wi
L-e? l:STi'4^U4«
'hi’ x?hli [ t IЪ ? ] Tokiwa Theater
i'll [iz. ] front
X -b [<£>] come
~IRJf [~h^]when
^3 0 [° § $>Л: l9 ] end of a street
Oil К |L? L Л< 4-*] photographer’s shop
£[MJ vestibule
XS® big mirror
-f2'/» -f'7> mimetic in droves
Ш'&Х -Ь bustle about
Ш [<%LH1 crowd
~6D43l^ [~Ф&йЧ~] among ®
5C [££&] mingle, mix in
o l±°l2] splendidly
[do А/ ^] woman ®
[Ifcompletely
transform
[bZzLll®
[T^^Z’l figure, form
B!fe & [ о о -S ] be reflected
29
X 7 T 0 mimetic thickly
Obit'S [й 0 Oil'S] paint on
do Ftl$) [is L^v'] make-up
— CD 142 [-—co L 412] beneath
95 [is h Cl] man
— t JX D [~li V' d ] that is, namely
®5Й: [1>Ло] secret
Йл < [Cl t d't < ] entirely
[Й1 < d"] [passive form in text] hide
BR“2> [У>о^] expression in the eyes
[<fbo$]expression of the
mouth
[?!'<] move
JQ 9 [Ь ъ о ] [volitional form in text] smile,
laugh
Arriving in front of the Tokiwa Theater, I saw my reflection in
a huge mirror in the doorway of a photographer’s shop at the
end of the street: surrounded by a milling horde of people, there
I was, miraculously and completely transformed into a woman.
The secret of my maleness was utterly concealed beneath the
thick make-up I wore. My eyes and mouth started to move more
like a woman’s and even sought to smile like a woman. Redo-
lent of the sweet fragrance of camphor and emitting a whisper
of rustling garments, the clusters of women who passed before
and behind me suspected nothing; all accepted me as one of
their own. There were even some among them who seemed to
look with envy at my elegant features and admire my taste in
old-fashioned clothes.
~ (43) '1 try to ~
Ri' [& J и] sweet
camphoroil
[(Z-feV'J smell
® < [ $ $ ^ < ] whisper
[$&TH] rustling of clothes
ел &-V.-6 [Й t £Л:"Сб] make a sound
f'jij [-if A. C.'] before and behind
ЖНЖд [TH^d5? 1 pass by
[и < I* A,] several people
[trit] group
•Hf [Л&] everyone
Idffi [Ed би] same species
Ъ [Л h б ] accept
и? L tz [«М3 L tz] be suspicious
[.Й A. women
Ш !ff£ & [ 1Ф ') A ] elcga nt
ЙЙ [Л'4б] face
R О [о < 0 ] form, make-up
А"Ш A' [ E Л') &] old-fashioned
[и L, x d ] clothes
4T‘<A [С. ОЛ] taste, preference
J LA' [d Ln] envious
[Л6] look
ta' [ co] person
зо> FSK'J &t$-=>
-сЙб&ФИВГЙ, i^THiW'ofc» Й-Mbt
к MWL 3^L<?5W’
Qi* <A.t3 ^rtr ®ПЛ
ioZL-о Л^Й&Жё, OfeftJW
h ЪЧ&А, о й J6<o F u t Я" & it i X * Xs L, Г «'is’J о
Ш^-ЙРЙГ-СКЙ^ДйС. St><¥RiW5,
J: ? 9o
зтк -?-;Ir3< MAlifeBfco<£ 3 U^OffiK^'^'5'lt'C, 8$it
4h Ш’АЖ03дХ>Н-^ЙЖ)^ЖойЙ1<о[Ш^., ¥$CCffl
оXAl 1 3 tc & о 7:0
30
all the time, usually
МШН'Ь [<&&Я£>] get used to seeing,
come to know
&ЙЙ [Cl d x. A,] park
IX [ =t £>] evening, night
1&Ж ['ё’З C <fc -? 1 commotion
fi'iS1 [£>&<>] secret ®
[t>u] have
& [bAL]l®
Ж [<^1 eyes
Ях^Т [’t^X] everything
Wr L- V » [$) Z: 6 L t') new, fresh
(trf^L-'x, ~ [ £*<1 & ] wherever
fT< [v><)go
[Zc ti&~ U whatever
[&•£>] see
ЙпЛ"С [(± L£>"C] for the first time
?> [-tt-D't’ 6] come into contact
W [i«] things
J^LV"» [yj't1 io Lt'] rare, curious
[^ <& X о 4*] peculiar
Л1Ш [(-A/lfA/J human
[ СЛ h &] eye
ЯХ < [$> 54/ < ] deceive, trick ®
[X^t ?] electric light
Ж [f>Z)s ty] light
jiAyfe^C [to 3 X-A,&] bewitching, charm-
ing
[ L,&>Ad cosmetics
£> I) A, silk crepe
AS [v'Lt “?] clothes
~С0ПЬ1~ [~О LX: 11] beneath
L I [ 15 At A,] oneself
inrtr [O-tfr] [causative form in text] conceal
ffi [ t If fl ] curtain
Though I was used to the bustle of the park at night, every-
thing about it felt new to my eyes, now that I had my “secret.”
Wherever I went and whatever I saw, everything was novel and
bizarre, as if I were encountering it for the first time in my life.
Everyday reality was endowed with a mysterious, dreamlike tinge,
perhaps because I was contemplating it at one remove through
secrecy’s gauze curtain—deceiving people’s eyes, deceiving the
light from the electric lamps—as I hid deep beneath alluring
make-up and garments of silk crepe.
From then onward I continued to dress up on most nights, at
times unabashedly slipping in among the spectators in the gallery
at the Miyato Theater or audiences in motion-picture theaters.
[V’ i и] one (thin, flat object)
fra T -b p''Zf "C ] interpose
b [ A fi'tb -Ы gaze
[~Z:4i)lz] because
[AL < ] perhaps
[^vdf AA] ordinary
ЗЯЖ [If A Lo] reality
dream
[AL A] extraordinary
[ L 5 £ ^] tinge, coloring
[!i<L'A“M [passive form in text] add
AL Я [ A &} watching a play from the
gallery; the gallery itself
Lx= LA] motion
picture
ЯТ4 [l t A Ao] audience
~0|н]-^ [~O')&> I' ZL"4 among
TMt? ['W'"C] indifferently
^llo’C‘A'2) [botlilA] slip in
31
(Z [JV'lfAOX IZ] almost
every evening
[й'-?" ') ] masquerade
OAflf [oo’Cf^>] continue
НУ <F T h [ t § L i" -& L ] sometimes
[A-*L L $'] Miyato Theater
M5 > 7’4-3ltt< ®Л7г{ф0??АЧй?^Т\ Мй<0±^
<"o tz <9 i ь L < «WHZrffi, ® t; 1t L^5
О fe £ I0fc tb Z: »Л ft U & Z> f> Z> * Ь t Ш -о f й /с *) L
!i I 5 l> S » iifc L
Zcо ЭД о Zc43 ЙШ5>®ови£ Z> b ftЖ®
^:№ЬГИ1ЖЬЧ ШЙЬЛ:
OPI^WftULT, Itifltlf U'gffffWi i> ®*®Й
< * 1 * ± t iWfflO t, ЯоЖЙЙ®^-
<t3 л ггуайч
>4-^Ж< t>W; t t>i>oZ_-o
tF [< й>] temple
^*'5> [Znx.&l return
X—Hrf [t ко 5 I- li] twelve o’clock
~Й < {—^Ze <] nearly ~
JAif!fZ [ ?’ L ] tatami-mat room
X-6 enter (by mounting a step)
[?-□•? <] immediately
?ёЖУ У~Х [ < ? # 7 >/] kerosene
lamp
Olf-b [0(1^] turn on
’ЙН/С l-э^ПЛ’] tired
'ffc [/r^Zc] body
I'-' L X 51 clothes
Й?/>'Х [tZ’T] without loosening
I i> 5 -Й Л] carpet
~0 |’Л l~~<7) ') A'^'] on ®
Co mimetic limply, exhaustedly
Ш <o L *\ with no self-
restraint
Й/И H 'Ь [b < Tft S] sprawl, collapse
— lint [ ~ 11 ] unchanged, as is
M'IhLH [<?)г hfcLvJ wistful
’TbJ'WI & [ Ц A> 6 Л 4* ] gaudy
[£ £>co] kimono
& [v>6] color
1Й У) Zs«5 5 ] gaze at
Ifll □ [-?"C <'Ъ1 sleeve end
•f’t X Л3 £> <t mimetic blithely, vainly
Ж& [ shake, flap
-5] to see what it is like
[lilfZ'Z’&l start to peel off
X1-0’/)’ [tS к'Ьи] make-up
' [^adcD&ioV'] coarse (of
skin texture)
tz%> /vfc. sagging
By the time I returned to the temple it would be nearly midnight,
and no sooner had I got back to my room than I would light the
kerosene lamp, and without loosening the clothes on my tired
body, sprawl wantonly on the rug, gazing wistfully at the gorgeous
colors of my kimono or flapping my sleeve ends to and fro. When
I stared at my reflection in the mirror and the peeling white
make-up sunk deep into the coarse, sagging skin of my cheeks,
the decadent pleasure would thrill my soul like the intoxication
of vintage wine. With the painting of Heaven and Hell behind
me, I would sometimes lie indolently on my belly on the futon
like a courtesan, still dressed in my garish undergarments, and
flip back and forth through the pages of those weird books of
mine until deep into the night.
ffi [(ijo] cheek
Ji; [й'Ъ] skin
Й1Л-Ж < < ] penetrate and stick
to
mirror
0&*<t reflect
дасШТЖ tУ i 7 Li*Z>] stare
LZr] decadent
[^'V'A'/v] pleasure
jtjW [Л-bnJold
W W1Й 7 L w> ] wine
[iи] drunkenness
[Zc t lA'J soul
stimulate, excite
[ U - < < 6 < ] Heaven and
Hell
M {"H print, picture
'ttJR [liи Ни] background
If (fit It L V' showy, gaudy
Ю iMf Aj long undergar-
ment
~<O Ш J in the unchanged state of
А’ ') C i ] courtesan
~<] just like
fa <t & h mimetic languidly, effemi-
nately
tWI'fl [A.LA,] futon
'j [(± It 7 ] lie on one’s stomach
[finco] the previously mentioned
nf'IS & [ £ Лa &] weird
♦W [ L <fc t o] book
-6 [ et -6 Л < ] RARE USAGE grow
late (of night)
— & [-—t’C] until
•$] flip through
(±ижьло w^-ffb-ru, ж^тйь-сй^ньи
uv'/f? ^oA/nAlf^, +Я'1с®и-сДаА-эAOt'
<fe & о
32» -ед LT, -й№МЙ?Жт «UiHLT
t¥®s«AHid^, & 7 7 -ед
LAt 7 е»£Ж1ФоШ£(;Ж£ЬАо
зз> -еоЧШЙ, V'^i <£ >) ^-^РфоТ,
гЛФдЛ'А $ OA-ttS I'
Н&ЙЗ<7>Г|!®ОЯЯ ЙХ± I) ЙАТ^Ао
?кЖ1- [ L Л: 141] gradually
i&jt' [^ А -?• д ] masquerade
15И [д £ и] skillfull
ЛДО.& [£и£А,&] bold
UoT^$.*] curious, fanci-
ful ®
W® [ftA-?- о ] association (of ideas)
fiS't' [й'Ь"£] [causative form in text] give
rise to
[—Arid-] in order to
К Й [&V' < t>] dagger
~ Zc (7)--Л: <7) indicates a non-exhaus-
tive list
ЙЙ£Ж < ] narcotic, opiate
W [ioC/] sash
~Ofn]^x [—co $> и ’»ZfZ4J between
Wtr [!i ? tr] insert, slip in
— “C'li no sooner would one ~ than .. .
ИШ'Т'Ь go out
[l± A/£"v'l crime ®
&bT’U] without doing
ЖPjfi'T-S [Л.'^Ч'Тaccompany, be
incidental
^L-V^ [ д "O < Lv'] beautiful
□ T У У У (Г) romantic
41JV' [izisu'] smell
Н'Я’!- [ IS Ф д fully, enough
WJK [^<1 smell
to see what it is like
32
jSF^ [t'o L- Ф д Д>А] one week
— (i >(p about
c> ?> [i-^*6] pass (of time)
uJc-S [&£>] a certain, one
[(£A] evening ®
-П [>11 ] experience, happening, thing
With time, becoming more skilled at disguise, I also became
bolder, and would sally forth with a dagger or an opiate slipped
into my sash in order to evoke bizarre associations. I wanted to
inhale deeply of the beautiful, romantic perfume that accompa-
nies crime, without actually committing any criminal act.
Then, one evening about a week later, through an extraordi-
nary twist of fate, I chanced upon the beginnings of a stranger,
more fanciful and more mysterious episode.
That evening, having drunk whiskey in even greater quantities
than usual, I had gone up to the reserved seats on the second
floor of the Sanyukan Motion Picture Theater.
& [fafaL] i®
H "T & unexpectedly, by
chance
[X L ^'fa] extraordinary
ЙЖ [V'X faX] karma, fate
7 h more ®
[£й‘И&] weird
[LXtA#] mysterious
[CltX] incident
ЖЖ [faX Lx ZfaXtj x] beginning
[t?< fa^] encounter by chance
ЙЙЖ [§L4X-±£] seats of honor
_L j&tx [#>?!>S'O fat?] go up into
33
J; 0 more than usual
[fa 0X9 fa] in large amounts
— [7 -f X 4-—] whiskey
Рф/Ь [&&?>] quaff
[$ ХФ 9 ZnX] Sanyti Theater
—[fasecond floor
Ш t ? +WE <•?&=> Л: 6 9 , L <
Й1±. 1©Х ? ПТ> ®<Л<
t < ttf'fci o’cW’liLTv>4S^04!m^V'Av'§n
й'\ m[ЖЙ ₽>££ X ? тЙ/io U >-г
+ -> -v WW § X СЪ L < LOr < BJtllo?Ш
О, У') 7') ^OSoZzSfiiffih^X
д I-Ш'АА'о 5$^Й:Ийг?ЙЛ’С1Х'У ^Ж^й5<? < t> }ЯЙ
±&»ОХ d U, 1^Т0йЖ»Ж0-Ь&г?ЙЬТ
Й -Ь ® Ж offl о [Hj 4- if -/)' L Т, & I ± Ж 3= v' Ц Й ffi Ж । j J <Ъ Ж
55><o, ВДГЙЬГЙ&Л*ФЖ&АжЬ£:о
(рГ'С [ & A “C t> ] probably
|*B$ [ L Ф ? L] ten o’clock
'—j& < [—#'<] nearly ~
6d
д>-^ L < L < 1 frightfully
iJtt? [ Cl td be crowded
ШР'1 [ 13 x d&vd within the hall, the
interior (of a theater) ®
[ £ 0 ] mist, fog
о Z1 [11 Cl' -э Zx] thick, turbid
[ < о ё I air
[A-ZsT] [passive form in text] fill
ЖЛ' [ < black
& *( i) <C Ь mimetic wriggling and writh-
ing
7^'Zl ;£ i> cluster together
[ L Ф A T -6 J writhe,
squirm
I % L Ф ? ] crowd @
[&i '] unpleasantly
wTarm
AV i L] stuffiness, smell
of humanity
Ж [й'й] face ©
4эЙ^7} [Й L.6и] make-up
-Ь [<$-61 [causative form in text] spoil
1Ж ') (AZf i d 1 float, drift
Нга Ф [& At> й> d 1 in the darkness
'/ t+ '/ + onomatopoeic indicates a
sharp sound
Ф-Lt? [# Ltd squeak
El -Ь L C [*i> £ C-6 L < ] dizzyingly
hfclffl’l'-Ь [САй'И'З'Z>] unfold
~Х{т<С [ — O' <] indicates an in-
crease in tendency
282
”. -7^-***•’ ? •
It must have been almost ten o’clock; inside it was fearfully
crowded and filled with a fog of muggy air. The hot stench of
humanity floated up from the black, restless, densely packed,
squirming crowd as if to wreck my face make-up. Every time
the bright light of the film—which was unfolding at a dizzying
speed with a series of grating squeaks in the darkness—stabbed
my eyes, my drunken head ached fit to burst. Sometimes when
the film stopped and the lights came up abruptly, then from
the deep shadow of my hood, through the tobacco smoke that
floated over the heads of the crowd below like a cloud seething
up the bottom of a valley, I would inspect the faces of the people
who filled the place.
[хЛ'й1'] film ®
[C d •ti'A'l light, beam of light
7 V 'f 9 mimetic sparklingly, brightly
Ba [O t &] eye
5 i"l pierce
ZrtX СТА I-] every time
& [bZ:L]I®
Йг-о tz [ X -о Ac] drunk
Ш [£><•£] head®
АШ&] split, crack
E'fctj'] hurt
ПУ b [ h £ h' ] sometimes
[§x_£>]goout
7 L mimetic suddenly
[trAt ? ] electric light
o < go on
[ tz I- -c A. ] bottom of a ravine
idb ё I%> [b £ seethe up
Ж [ < t ] cloud
[' й1] downstairs
— [~Oо x. Sr] above
[Л> t' d float, waft
¥- [ ? f < з ] cigarettes
[tftr 0 ] smoke
”C] through
very deep
hood
io] from behind
Йй Зк -£> ] overflow, brim
A tr [ О h tk £ ] people
[Л-S bi"] look around
B*iiiit0fe^v^w^L-e-9
^ = '©L ^О"-?-йЧС<#тйt L<g/io MfeOiWH
t> . 1Ш ^A00H131V> Zz#(i L
Wco
fc'ft l’ (if $ OA.-tt$ -e-tf I' T
34k ЙЙПАЦt>^йй'оА^оЯЖЙ?©а©И®й?-#'. V'
о»ииЙт5?оЛ:Ой'йЁ< HHggltW
<S^'i i ёПАВ$, &O£|?H IC-AoH#^Jg£W
Ш№йЙи£о
M [b£L]I®
10it & [ & w> 7 L ё &] old-fashioned
SMFfJ [T^ A] hood
[T^?A:] figure, appearance
J^LV' [rtfb La->] curious
Ж d I7 й'й5 7 ] look at furtively
J^z [is t C.] man
^+й* [v' £ й] fashionable
itlPftlt [ ё oli] being accustomed to
wearing
'fe'rj’V'4 [v'>3 гЬv'*] color, hue
WS^L'?‘?I3 [{)©(J L'!'d I-] longingly
[Л^ЛЛ&] steal a glance at
£ [isАй*] woman
[iSiSV’] numerous
[Clй6Ciinwardly,
secretly
[t<V't-|*<6] feel proud of
oneself
[It A^»o<7)i5Ай] female
spectator
~<0,9't)'C [~<Z) •? i>"C] among
V'‘'CZ;'t> outfit, attire
[V1 =t 7 й] outlandish, bizarre
/?, [T A] point, regard ®
ЖтП [ <£ 7 appearance, air
ВДШ>о [&/do IJV] seductive
l1}^. [£v'L]or
nt [ ^ 0 i 7 ] good looks
— lit' to the extent of
A [fit] person
< [Aico < ] stand out, attract
attention
[t w] person
In my heart I was gratified by the number of men who looked
with furtive amazement at my old-fashioned hood, and the
women who stole covetous glances at the chic colors of my outfit.
Whether for unusual attire, sexual allure, or good looks, among
the women in the audience it seemed that no one was getting as
much attention as me.
I don’t know when the deluxe seats beside me—empty at first,
I was certain—came to be occupied; but when the lights came up
for the second or third time, I realized that a man and woman
were sitting directly to my left.
i/rJW II [ О Л: Ь I’] beside one on
the left
[li Mat first tnelert
|ЙМ~Мпоо« -АОЯА U-k I) t couple
[~(±T] I am certain that ~
ЖлЙЖ seat of honor
[C sit down
W C [ § < ] notice
beside
[v'^l chair, seat
V <D [it] IC [V>-s>(D J [Z] at some point
<6 [A, $ ] become occupied
[X<1 well
£11 -b [ L -S1 realize, understand
А/h'ad к] seconder
third time
Mt/ again
Ж® [ТЛ h d ] electric light
h & "t" turn on
h c?l when
зек Ali —+—t lc L 4' Z>
?o ®4-2^®1сйоТ, Mi&feSo3?fe»v> bi:a
Л, <•/! 0 tzko LtztzZ> i 9 19
e, снм^ъийьиь-гйьо НсЖШ!
Bf<г>О | ьpjf(±* &й\ ЖПО#±0^Кт5^ШЬ
•c i«»ffi]gri±*v^LV'o
збк Г.Arrested at last..J
37k t, #tt/Jx>5T> 7 a
<, C. C.oit <9 О |^1йШОЙМ.Х£ Й
tn CiL^CEA'kbi 1 *) Мй< 1W< A^v>W
i. IWC‘£ t> 1) LfA07j^-?±v>Zf
А [^ A A] woman®
“ + “ = [ULi$dL$A] 22or23
JiA-b [cAx.t] appear
[-f-O Lo] in fact
At (A< Lt] 26 or 27
5c [Z'A] hair
ст.’Ош [A^>b] three rings, the niitsuwa
[^>$'Ч3Л>^] fresh, delightful
] good looks
— {i^ only
Liz] osten-
tatiously
[A 6t?iz-t^>] expose
7x‘-& [Ifv'L-t3] geisha
style
й д [Фд] tie up
[-? ') Л ] whole body
[iJJd L ] silk crepe
[-? £>Ia6] sky blue
V > b cloak, cape
[У.£? [o-ot ] wrap up (in)
•С '7 0 mimetic distinctly
2k [T-'-t] water
L Zz -Z> drip
~ <h & — t whether ... or
'v № [tiA1 C i. ') ] young lady
W О M Ь г [l± Zf t S
t ] be difficult to judge
lilf [ L CZ 6 ] case, instance
[c?fi] companion
ЭД11 [LAL] gentleman
[Z?v> h"] attitude, bearing
[i3t] deduce
[ZnZ: ^’O] respectable
1$ i' < A] wife
ВММ^ВЙН
The woman looked around twenty-two or -three, but in fact
was probably twenty-six or -seven. Her hair was done up in the
mitsuwa style, and a sky blue cape of silk crepe enveloped her
entire body; only her beautiful face—as fresh as a drop of water—
was clearly visible, for this she was exposing ostentatiously. It was
hard to say whether she was a geisha or a respectable young lady,
but hazarding a guess based on the demeanor of the gentleman
accompanying her, it seemed unlikely that she was a proper little
wife.
“. . . Arrested at last. . . .”
In a whisper, the woman read a title card that came up in the
film, and as she exhaled the fragrant smoke of a Turkish M.C.C.
cigarette into my face, cast me a glance. In the dark, her big eyes
sparkled more brightly than the jewels upon her fingers.
37
[С Г£] murmur, whisper
[~<O 9 x. !-] on top of
[&btt-6 ] appear
йЙВДь? [tfo&'A' L, x ] title, title card
read aloud
iW rh [ b n ] rolled in Turkey
(of cigarettes)
M. С. C. brand of cigarette
[й'й i) (DЛгйЧ'] fragrant
ffl [It tr 0 ] smoke
& [t>£L] I®
St face
blowat
ju finger
wear (on the fingers)
[15 ') < £ 1 jewel
~ =£ I? t> more than even ~
[T & < ] keenly
W С [Й'ЙЧ’ < ] shine
[t3t3|W]big
Brt [O t &] eye, glance
1Ш darkness
—ОфТ? Ho^Ji'-Clin
с? Ь mimetic with a gleam
— CO h s'''' [~<OiJ 9 -^] in the direction of
it C direct
38» X о ft WlnZ:
Ж-----5-оЯЧ±й:Н&&V', ?Лй5—Е^шП’-Ег&^'Шт
Ф^ЙЖо^Ф, x,t Ь£Ш^?Ш^Ф^®< ГЖ£Й
ATJgfcT#-C&->fco
39> Zcii-f oiH^t, ЙтсЛ£ $>ЖЛ£ ЬЕЭДо-о^'&иЖ
tg И й £ i # о Т Й Л X d U Й Л Т’ Й & ° J& ФI с |я| ft L
тЙ/гй t, 4-^»^ h i±S
ds. 1ft ' Л«й?>Г«3ЪМЙ^УЗт№:е>&
£«ЖЙ0X d l-W^X^&wx&b до Д^Й-ео
«АЛ i^WoXdU^A
-Сф < й:®/л Аг*/о с к ИШ'Х-$>-э Zio
38
seductive
5с ГТй*А:] figure, appearance
Ш n'folfa [U&bafc] not suit, not match
$'£] thick-necked samisen
Wlfii Г L- L- X •? ] master, expert
Si®tbZ2 husky
Ж [Ex.] voice ®
[^ e^L{) &V1] unmistakable
f/x [fcfcLjI
Z2r-.^ftJ [tl^Afe/vi Л] two or three
years ago
_b?$ ['>-r 4 ] Shanghai
J^'fT't' <J [bid-jT&J travel
ЙЯ/i® [E d Tv>] voyage
~(7)^ф [—бэ <t ij kj> )] in the middle of
-лк LZz unlooked-for,casual
Ш [Ek] happening, event
lA^u [£-£Л] steamboat
~Оф"С [~0 4'й‘"С] in, on
1a "C [ L (£ < ] for a (short) while
[>!n>UtV'£t?T.£] havea
relationship
T &' [t-j -ISi] Miss T.
39
[Jo/v^] woman ®
[-^OE 6] that time
ЙтеЛ [ L x ? IfV'izA,] professional
~ t t & whether ... or
Ж A [L^ d k] nonprofessional, ordi-
nary person
[XglJOOTi^li [<-ч-эб0от5>$и] be
indistinguishable
ЖЖ [T-S 0 ] manner
й[< i’c [-л <-?-) ] dress, clothes
(ъ'э] have
Gravelly like a samisen singer’s, the voice hardly matched the
woman’s charming appearance—quite unmistakably, it was the
voice of Miss T., a woman with whom I’d had a brief and spur-
of-the-moment relationship on board ship during a voyage to
Shanghai some two or three years before.
I seemed to recall that even in those days, she had dressed and
behaved in a manner that made it difficult to tell whether she was
a “professional” or just an ordinary woman. The man escorting
her on the ship and the man of this evening were entirely differ-
ent in bearing and countenance. To link up the interval between
these two men, there were probably countless other men who
ran like a chain through the woman’s past. At all events, it was
certain that she was the kind of lady who flits constantly, like a
butterfly, from one man to another.
[&(?£-£>] remember
Й&Ф [•£A 9 ] on board ship
|s] fl-T [ t’d l± A & ] accompany
У1 [£>hC.]man®
[Cl A this evening
J & 7? completely
[A 9 mien, bearing
'iffy, [i'i ] appearance, face
-Ь [ АЪ £> ] be different
[ZrAA] probably
— А [AA 0 ] two people
fol gap
•?> [ftAlto-^ &] connect, link
countless
Ж А [й'^1 past
Ф.11И [Li 5 Znt'] lifetime, career
I < ? *1 J chain
1ч < [o Cj ib <] run through
] anyway
fati К [A L A] woman, lady
[ L E Ф d ] always
~^A [tf t tj ] one person
!1!1<A) [liZ'O] other
AH [ Cl A> «fc *2} butterfly
[hATAS<]flit
Ol [ L Ф Z> v'] type
[A LA A] certain, sure
—кЯ&'СВИ 4Ь- (с 4 О tz II5, - - Л !± V > 6 V > 6 О Ф1ид'
7/| Ф Ь fft>T> ±ЙЖОгОП€>-Й?Т1си
Z> d t>U±i®^^V'Z;0 -E-d LXfA(ig5Hc=gvM4n<V'
Г-7О®И< ШГЪ£»
MW±©W 4 bit. i Ifd' b loWZcf OAW
С44Й/СЯ£ d L<i£< <feoiWd=
•^'b±b (cflEATg-AAli. LnlgUli-tt-C t?|
Hit. Й r.<2> j<t >(|V]4;>l_-4.'j - /г1Ч«.'||]л/.-\ «д/Йд<
U/Jf-ЛЙО . д Ь1'ШЙс$ЛД
X- *X" V /£) о
ZZ^jjij two years ago
Jin [Л%#а] ship
|JI|AIZ & -Ь [4 C-&U4-5] become
intimate
~-Kr [— <h e ] when
ZZA [Л>4 fj ] two people
V'/jV'/b^D [v>6v->7j0] various
ЭИн [ IZ IZ J: ] circumstances, reasons
А=У [li A h •) ] real, true
.K^i [ 1Ж>] full name
О Й*ЬТ [4-0 О *ЪТ1 without
introducing ourselves to each other
[J A ') <’d] situation,circumstance
IdcRlr [ Lw> ') Li] address
Й1 fj’tir’T* [ L ‘o-ttT] without revealing
~ 9 IZ [p-eceded by a negative] before
-Life [ *> -v д’ ] Shanghai
It <s [^> < ] reach
& [bZcbll
Й [ IZ^A] oneself, myself
[C2V'abZlj5sfi-&] become
infatuated (with)
tC [isA4] woman ®
^TV^nMiZ [V'V'ZNTA(c] irresponsibly,
in a slapdash way
Kfc [ib ^tr < ] deceive, trick
Z. 7-?• <9 mimetic secretly, stealthily
И» 4* <( i "i” [$) <h 4 < fj j£ "И cover
one’s tracks, vanish
~T Гд [~T L £ 9 ] throughly
W Ж [v' ь v'] since then
А^РЙЁ-t [ZrH'xV' Г о IZ i. d ] on the
Pacific Ocean
[|фЙco 4й1] in a dream
lid' I) just, only
,l& 9 [is t 9 1 think ®
A [ £> h ] person
After becoming intimate on board ship two years ago, for a vari-
ety of reasons we reached Shanghai without having revealed our
real names to one another, or told each other of our circum-
stances in life or where we lived. The woman was infatuated
with me, but I fed her some story and gave her the slip. To see
this woman whom I had ever since thought of as “a dream of
the Pacific” here in a place like this was totally unexpected. She
had been somewhat plump in those days, but was now sublimely
slender and streamlined, and her round, moist eyes with their
long lashes were as clear as if they had been polished and had a
devil-may-care superiority as if men were not men to her.
[Tfttz] figure, form
[h Cl 6] place
Й'Ь [Л--&] [volitional form in text] see
< [ S о tz < ] completely
[V'ZnVfr] unexpected
Ikrl/jJ’ [ C At Aj time, period
somewhat, rather
<]'£ 0 (-1 pluinply
ЛЕ X. -Ь [ Cl. x 6 ] grow fat
ЭДХг ]>' [Cl ? CT? LV4] divine, heavenly
[-St? 11] to the point of
& (<'•££>] lose weight, grow thin
7 h "t" mimetic be neat, be trim
lit [ t tz Z ] eye
Md [a&<’d] wipe, polish
[-^'l't < 11] just like
<5Fx_M>b be very clear
H [t5 t Cl] man ©
[js fctfo] not think of, not
regard
1Л' [0 0 LA4] dignified, gallant,
commanding
Ж1ЙС [it АЛ4] authority, power
~ $ X. even
Д X. Ъ [ '? tz x. -b ] have, possess
1ШТ; [i'^tf] eyelash
J^V4 [&?!ри] long
[d A>A] moisture
[{,<>] have
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II [< Н&и] crimson
iftl [!>] blood
iSjtfetp [{’ Lt'] blot, smudge
0 [ 9 Z:Ar9 ] [passive form in text] suspect
LV' [& i LvJ vivid, fresh
# [< 1>СГ<Ы lip
[Л-АЛ:^] earlobe
КЗ tl Ъ [й1 < tl -2> ] be concealed
Д:И [^-^'ijlong
Л 1*>л [(± Л b] hairline
~{I^ 1) only
la [t?^’ L] the old days
^с'Ь [Л'Ъ £>] change
Й- [1± &] nose
If BU [v^-tf A,] before
^'L [i-^L ] slightly
I^LV^ [itbLtj severe, sharp, fierce
'fi [~ <"<bv\ ~ < t>v>] to the extent of
i’.VjV* prominent
klx.-b [Ал^>] appear
к [*5A&] woman @
MfcL*C [l±Z: LT] possibly (used to
emphasize a doubt)
fA [ЬЛ: L] I ®
Ж/0; Pit 'С [ < ] find (someone) out
if "7 I) just, by any means
T-1Jif [(iAz-tfAL] clearly
[Z: L^'fe-5>] make certain
'ИЖ'?» [T^ ?>] be able to do
ВД0 [<M'b] light
T> < go on (of lights)
jifE.lL [oh] companion
9J [Й L T] man
Only the moist, fleshy lips looking as though they might ooze
bloody crimson onto anything they touched and the low hair-
line almost covering her earlobes were unchanged from the old
days. Her nose seemed more prominent than before—a little
sharp even.
Did the woman recognize me? I had no means of making sure,
one way or the other. The flirtatious way she whispered to her
male escort when the lights came on suggested she had dismissed
me as an ordinary woman who just happened to be near her, and
was not taking any special notice of me. The truth was, sitting
next to that woman, I couldn’t help but feel ashamed of the dis-
guise about which I’d been so smug until then. I was crushed by
the beauty of this enchantress with her expressive features and
vitality, and despite all the ingenuity I’d expended on my make-
up and clothing, I felt like a hideous, contemptible monster.
in whispers
ШН'Ь flirt, joke
ШТ [f ? T] manner, appearance
[-t(fUV'^>] be next to
-jsF® [Ao 9 о] normal
[ $ If'tt?] look down on, dismiss
JjlJlex ['"«э/сА] particularly
-CACZolt ?> [H с: ъ (-й'И-Ы be con-
scious of
'ТЖ [ Co $ V'] in fact
[t & <9 be next to
[И i if) until now
t < v»f #>&] be proud, be
self-satisfied
iD? [САЛ] oneself, myself
•btS [AA-r 9 ] disguise, costume
Ф-L-t? [v'-^3 Lt?] despise
cannot help but ~
зНн [U X 9 C X 9 ] expression
[СФ? £1 free
[и AIC L] truly
c*TL c* t L t L-Zj] lively
[ f 9 Ci] witch, enchantress
MZj [AD x < ] attractiveness
[ It $ it ?>] be overawed, be
over whel med
1^15 [ S’C. 91 technique
[о < T] use up, exhaust
4ЕЖ [It L X t ] make-up
Mi'll It [§ о It] dressing
StV' [AL < vj ugly
i£ LA' [J5 $ i L V'] wretched, despi-
cable
[ifIt L <7)] monster
& ] feel as though
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НМ:»), иД^«Т1¥Ж*ЯТ6ЬЛ:^ Жой*
й'йл^й-^тйЦл/с b) , < yijMw^tfi
ds\ SHAO <9 l-Жх- йЛ<Ьо
к b L V' [AAA У Lv') womanly
— <h 2X d [~ 11»d1 that is to say
,tl [X A] point, regard
ItLA' [dx> < LV'] beautiful
luffi [ d О J: d ] good looks
& [bXL]I
[£: •) "СИ —& и] by no pos-
sibility
[d'O L x ] she
[ § J: d -S’ Э L 'f ] competitor
Л [<3 § ] the moon
— <7)|j1j<7) ['~0i in front of
Ж [(J L] star
ЖЖ^'< [li^4-<] vainly
[ LisH-Z>] lose vitality
~"C Г 9 [ — XL id] completely, utterly
Ж t [bdbdt] thickly, turbidly
jX ij Ш[ A L С. A S ] envelop, shroud
[ L x d V>] within the hall, the
interior
[<£ mt] dirty
?сЖ [< d ^1 air
~0ф12 [—O^'tS'IX] in, amidst
[< L bofcvq clear (lit.,
“cloudless”)
[-±A^V*^] vivid, distinct
Ш$15 [ 0 Ай1 < ] outline (of the face)
С У t mimetic distinctly
[ d [causative form in text] stand
out
V > Ь cloak, cape
[ —<Z)d'IfZpL>] from behind
L & supple, lithe
I was no competitor to this woman for femininity or good looks,
and I just faded hopelessly away to nothing like a star before the
moon.
There was something captivating about the sight of her pro-
file—unclouded, fresh and clear-cut—and the way her supple
hands swam forth from her cape to shimmer like fish in the
muggy, foul air that enveloped the place. As she chatted with
the man, from time to time she would raise her dreamy eyes
and gaze up at the ceiling, knit her brows as she looked down at
the crowd below, or display her pure white teeth in a smile; and
each time she did so, her face was flooded with a succession of
wholly different expressions.
T [<]hand
“b b mimetic shimmeringly, flut-
ter! ngly
Ж fish
-£> [jo i ЙЧ£&] cause to swim,
release (into water)
charm
H [jo t 3.] man
fctwJc'T converse, chat
— IW while
IW [ h c? h' § ] sometimes
[Ф£>] dream
йж [<?<h Л] eye
T.lf & [&lfZ>] raise
X# [</v C J: 9] ceiling
ffll [& £> <"] look up at
[£i9>knit
one’s brows, frown
[ <”Л L Ф d ] crowd
[Л joZ>'T] look down at
Ж0Й& [i о LZ>&] pure-white
РН'М'.Л' [l±£c&] row of teeth
[<&.-£<&] show
BilJx.tr] smile
f'OlxlO-iC 13] everytime
4л 4 [ i -э tz < ] completely
SUM L ф] different tone
Ж1Я [?> i. 9 C <t 9 1 expression
Шг/Ui'Zn 13] as if
about to brim over
[7cZrx.£>] [passive form in text] show
on one’s face
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[I'':#'# S] what kind of
ЖН”' [и&] meaning
4" & even, no matter
[йё^йЧс] vividly, skillfully,
beautifully
Ж £> L I'f'S) [ah h to L 7 -6] able to
express
ЖЛ'1 [< би] black
[^jy^i^big
йь [tf h Л] eye
ШРЧ [ t x •? 4ч J within the hall ©
—О [Л^Лго] two
[ !i 7 £ 1 jewel
[t j3td far
Ж F [^'V'^i'] downstairs
Рй [T A] corner, remote place
м?'Й> ?> [<41 ft -6 ] [passive form in text] see,
notice
fM [#'Лft Л) face
R^T [i-<-c]all
1Й Д- [ <t" 7 <"] part of the body
Ж1- [Z:AX] simply
[ i> ft] thing
Z> [Л-^Jsee
₽Я С smell
|ifl <( [ ё < ] hear
ИЙ-Ь speak
[ £ Zi'A] organ, means
& t *9 I- excessively
^tn [ Ж C <t 7 ] lingering charm
t ЛТ^'-Ь] be too rich (in)
Alu] [IX/UfAj human
Ж [ft'do] face
~ <h <£ •£> [—£ i' 7 1 0 t> ] even
more than a ~
Я [i3 <h 4] man
Her enormous black eyes, able to express any point with elo-
quence, were like twin jewels in the auditorium and captured
people’s attention in the furthest corners of the gallery floor.
The various components of her face were too rich in evocative
charm to be mere organs for seeing, smelling, hearing and speak-
ing; no, more than a human face, it was a sweet-tasting bait to
entrap men’s hearts.
Nobody in the picture house was directing their gaze at me
anymore. Foolish it might have been, but I began to feel jealousy
and anger toward the beauty of the woman who had snatched
my popularity away from me. It was mortifying that, from one
moment to the next, my light should be snuffed out and trampled
underfoot by the charms of a woman I’d at one time toyed with
and tossed aside as I pleased.
'O' [C. Cl 6] heart, mind
& [Фд Ь <tempt
h Pf: [й'ЛЛ.] sweet
flTL [x. LB] bait
[L-tirAlgaze
& [bfz L] I ®
— О IC [ — Oli 9 iz] in the direction of
Ui C ['€?•<'] [passive form in text] direct
к {>] ridiculously
enough
Й 5k [ Е-&Л] oneself, myself ®
ЛЖ [(СЛBl popularity
[d If i'e£] snatch away
AC woman
[СЯ?-?] good looks
— ~ L/cl'LT] in regard to
[ Lo A] jealousy
ЖАЙ [Л>Лг&] rage
[й'/L t(i LA-£>] starttofeel
[й'Т>Т1±] previously
Tibtrifle with
l&tL [iiLi'f f IC] arbitrarily, at will, as
one sees fit
^'C'b [TT&] get rid of
—T L f 9 expresses with regret the
completion of an action
[X d if dl looks, appearance
[<И H 1 attractiveness, charm
к IZz t> f ] in an instant
it [OjO'O] light
"t" [itT] [passive form in text] extinguish
KdAWlf %> [passive form in
text] trample underfoot
[~"Cl'<] indicates an in-
crease in tendency
П'1н‘ L $ [ < L $ ] mortification
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ЬЙд^-Ьй^^й'о mго/ЖГЖт, fHH
Ц? jfedMi# ё й'о
Ж^^-Ь i [-t U <£& h] maybe
[BA,#] woman ©
Ж [Ь/CL] I©
KS^b -b [<&£#>&] recognize
Ъ t deliberately
££R|& [CMC < 4'] ironic
[-M L take
revenge
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ШЙ. [CM?') ] good looks
[3 be envious of
[ L o 11 jealousy
'IW [bid] feelings ©
1Й [tMa] chest, heart
~0||,7? ['-О^'^'С'] inside
[ L Теи LA: и U] very gradu-
ally
[HAU] love, yearning
^-6 [?5’:Ь&] change
~T|f'C [—Tt1 <] indicates an in-
crease in tendency
'Mx.-?) [Й(?х.&] feel
— t L T as ©
яй [ В X у d ] competition
ШсН-?> [^’ЛШ-6] be defeated, lose
ч ЛХ [t'^ t'J once again @
Щ [431 3.] man
{&’£ [Xrco L i ] she
fikljlzd- ?> htv'A> < T£>] subjugate,
dominate
ffitf ел? -b [^'t> (5 L. Z> ] crow over, exult
in victory
-?> and teach her a lesson (expres-
ses the narrator’s eagerness)
.el d [is td] think
ЭДХ-Жк' [43 $xZ»' A:vd hard to suppress
fi^^E [<k < (J d ] desire
Could the woman have recognized me and be knowingly extract-
ing an ironic revenge?
I sensed the jealous emotions I had for her beauty gradually
changing into feelings of love within me. As a woman I had been
defeated in the contest, but as a man I wanted to subjugate her
and exult in my victory once again. Come this thought and I
was overcome by the powerful urge to grab hold of her willowy,
female frame and shake her violently.
Do you know who I am? Seeing you tonight after all this time, I
have fallen in love with you all over again. Do you not feel that
you would like us to be reconciled? Tomorrow evening, how about
coming back to these seats to wait for me?
IF. ft ft [й' bft 1 be driven (by), be
moved (by)
L ?£1)'?£ supple, lithe
[ft<oZc]body
V' suddenly, unexpectedly
h violently
[ft clutch,
swoop down and grab
shake
— [—~C th- <61 to see what it is like
® &] FAMILIAR you ©
T [X] ARCHAIC I ®
nfe [fc'ft] who
~ = be
Й -?) [ L -y ] know, recognize
9 71 ARCHAIC, HONORIFIC
auxiliary verb equivalent to modern
js—icfr 0 ii-©
~ V archaic interrogative particle
4*^ [ClftV] tonight
0 H] for the first
time in a long time
Й-6 [&'£>] see
MO4 [^ZzZrtF] again
[111'LlXCfeft*)] archaic
started to fall in love
Ш Т''!* [&< L Ф ft] archaic reconcile
jo'C? (± & c* Zp [ft C Cl /> (± 4* £ ft] archaic
do you not feel disposed to ...? ©
IJFjllfe [<& i d lift] tomorrow evening
Irj? [-£ £ ] seat, place
Ж ?> [ < -б 1 come
ft О [Х'э] wait for
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“F [ <X ] ARCHAIC I ©
tfefifr [ Г Ф ? L I ] address
[AAI-1] [followed by a nega-
tive in text] archaic to nobody
[T>ifL bT] tell, reveal
Ж [г. t ] act
[C.O i fa(X] not like to do
РЙ [AZJ] just, only
< {i < li] what I wish for is...
ВД H [^Ь/г/гЬТ] tomorrow
[и £ 6] about this time
Jr?j [-tt ё ] seat
Ж-Ь [ < -Ь] come
[ £ x>] wait ©
~?u£ [-'A £ Л] [imperative form] archaic,
polite would you please
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[£ ё*ft-Z>] disappear (into),blend
(into)
[bZcLlI©
Ш sash
from
between
[(£ A L] writing paper
$п^: [ЛАС/о] pencil
ЖЖ-t [t f) AT] takeout
*9 &T& [l± L 0 &T6]
write in a hurry, scribble off
secretly
[£>AA] woman ©
[A fch] sleeve
-fx 1 f 1Z: t? [ A if Cl tr] throw into
X [£ A] and, again
IS "J t mimetic fixedly
[-tfAtJ’o ] the other party
ffl [JC’&] darkness
As I do not like to reveal my address to anybody, tomorrow at this
same time, come, I pray you, to these seats and wait for me.
Under cover of darkness, I had taken a piece of paper and a
pencil from my sash and discreetly tossed this hastily scrawled
note into the woman’s sleeve. Then once again I scrutinized her
out of the corner of my eye.
The woman quietly watched the motion picture until it fin-
ished at around eleven o’clock. Then, in the confusion as the
audience stood up en masse and headed outside in noisy groups,
the woman once more whispered into my ear, “. . . Arrested at
last. . . .” At the same time, she stared right at me for a while
with even more self-assurance than before, until eventually she
and the man were swallowed up in the crowd.
“. . . Arrested at last. . . .”
ШТ* [ 9 behavior, manner
Ж 9 [ ? Znji5' 91 look at furtively
[L&9> 9 V't, LC*^>] around
eleven o’clock
[Ло if 9 L-f LA] motion
picture
[Ssfo-S] end
[ Li*rt'L] quietly
watch
[/Р'Лё 4* < ] audience
t? IC & <Ь [-E--? !-&•&] all stand
up
<h onomatopoeic noisily, in a
crowd
[ L <fc 9 outside the auditorium
[< ФЛАТ] breakup and go
out
crowdedness, disorder
Rh [$ и] time
& 9 "K [Hl'^t] once again
МтЕ <t] close to one’s ear
Щ [ £ $ •’S? < ] whisper
HU <£ 0 & [ ] more than before
ЙfnО-b [ L LAV>&&] self-confident
[ZfV'AA’t] bold, audacious
-t 9 L] stare, fixed look
ЙЙ [й'Зз] face
FF < [ L ISЪ < ] for a while
'/i <C [TT < ] direct
— h—Ж I- [ — t L i L] together
with
Д Cf A [ O' <h C’A] crowd
— (7)Ф^ 0 & into
KB H -6 [Д < fl ] be lost to sight
— "C L i 9 thoroughly
L i 9# A
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A [£A&] woman
I>*DCD(A[I'TXDi (1Д1] before one
knows it
Й 5t [ IS A A] oneself
Я1ВДШТ [^oitZfT] findout
.® 9 (& f> d ] think
S [ЪЛ-’L] I ®
<h -$ %> [Lt) -if A1T £ ] shudder
L-T even so
ВДП [^bL/cz гЬТ] tomorrow
0Й1 [IS7v] evening
ЖЙ1^ [Tirists] meekly, compliantly
Ж -b [<•?>] come
-k^ ir^] considerably
"h1 [tr^' L] the old days
[ia A 3 -) ] long experience
^2» [^^>1 pass through
~ <o L V' apparently
4114^ [&v'<] counterpart, opponent
)j& [ 0 0 i. n ] ability, strength
[ий'^-ns] in not measuring
ЖШ. [ifc] (foolish) behavior
iPoT [й'Л-j T] all the more
A I IS < "C A] weak point
Ж ?> [IZ -b ] [passive form in text] grasp,
seize
-tU
V'Ti'
V' Ъ V' CD various
4'$? [A^)A] anxiety
[ cT <"] apprehension
tr [ $ L l± £ tf] [passive form in text] har-
bor (doubts)
[<*9Itemplc
Unbeknownst to me, the woman had found me out. The
thought made me shudder.
But would she be amenable and come the following evening?
She seemed to be far more experienced than before; in under-
estimating her strength and behaving as I had, had I ended up
exposing my weak points? I returned to the temple full of anxiety
and apprehension.
When, in my usual manner, I had taken off my outer kimono
and was on the point of stripping down to my undergarments, a
small scrap of paper that had been folded into a square fluttered
from the back of my hood down onto the floor.
“Mr. S.K.”
As I held the flowingly written ink inscription up to the light,
it shone like Tamakai silk.
Ш'Ь return
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[ d Ъ § ] outer kimono
[AC] takeoff
long undergar-
ment
—[v»^> il '] one (thin, flat object)
— (-6) 9 T & be about to ~
[~ t гИ when
0 <h onomatopoeic describes the fall
of something light
[-г £Л] hood
Ж [d ь] back
(C [ squarely, in a square
ZzZct-fold
[Z>V'$V*] small
[=t ') L] machine-made paper
yjtl [£ ft] scrap
[£t>&] fall
[й'ё ooltS] write in cur-
sive script
-T У + ink
Ж [$> h ] mark, trace, imprint
Ф ' L- "C hL S ["t~L "С Л- Z> ] hold up to
the light
[Zc Tamakai silk
jt'b ] shine
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fW§ й -ьSL г t о W L $ J; = Wlc
£ t> A t lfl№ ь ъ Z> t> Я-li г ©»f § оAW L (c
IE L's [ ^ Is L < ] genuinely
tlJc^C [й'О L J: ] she, the woman
F- [f] hand(writing)
Й^Ф o] while watching
—•_1Й [V't»i* Jf] once or twice
ФЛ} 3Z<2 [L- i d <t d КЛ20] go to the
toilet
’4*4 [i±№ <] quickly
^OfynZ during that
time
jg-Ж [^/vL] answer
L tz tz Й> >b write, put down
ЛЙНкФ lOt LitTl unbeknownst to
anyone
ШтС [A *) 11] collar
£ L^tj* L t. tr] insert
(t) thing, situation
ЙХ.-& [&-;:.-?>] seem
ЖНЙЧЕ& archaic
unexpected @
W [ t Cl -6] place
— i-*C in, at
Ж I Л-] honorific you ©
[Фй?Лг] figure, form
Й.& [Аа-Ь] see
~Ф[— ARCHAIC,HUM-
BLE auxiliary verb equivalent to modern
&~ФЕ£-Г
ЛсЕ1' = Л1Ех. even though
^V' [i dress, attire
[й'A %] change
— d Z: f ? I ARCHAIC, HONORIFIC
auxiliary verb equivalent to modern
£~чс:& ii*
<t even
—^4 [$ Afa/l] three years
It was definitely her hand. I had the impression she had popped
out once or twice during the film, so I suppose she must have
quickly written down this reply then, and slipped it discreetly
into my collar.
I did not expect to see you, least of all here. Even though you
have changed your garb, how could I possibly fail to notice the
countenance that, for these three years, I have not forgotten wake
or sleep? From the start 1 knew that the woman in the hood was
you. And in this respect it amuses me that you are as eccentric
as ever. I feel uneasy that your saying you wish to meet me may
be just another way for you to amuse this fancy of yours.
GOtIpZz since
t Ь-ГПгй] not
forget even when asleep
[jo ARCHAIC, HONORIFIC
face
how
kLjOi-'f overlook
9 A 9 ] polite equiva-
lent to modern ~ "C L О
[h h b] HUMBLE, FEMININE I ®
[(± C£>] start, beginning
[Г £ Al hood
к [£AA‘l woman
~ & zb = — be®
Ж [zt] fact
IL J; о Ъ T Z> 1 know
[~ой>± о f) -c ') 6 ') ] HUMBLE
auxiliary verb equivalent to modern
V'ZrbH
if triCOt& bethat as it may
I&V'Ti'b«ЬТ! as usual
W W1 i* & [ b ОТ £ &1 fanciful
-Ь C. t ARCHAIC, HONORIFIC be
[jo й* L absurdity
хсЪА [&bA] archaic let’s meet
Ъ [Jo-to-ti- G •?> t> ] ARCHAIC,
honorific although you say
% ft [A-&A1 probably
§ [ & Wf £ ] fancy, whim
£>/vW 13 [joA§ J; 9 Cl archaic, HONOR-
IFIC fun, diversion
~ IZ Лэ archaic is it not?
'L'irF& < [3 Cl 6 t L 4* < ] uneasily,
insecurely
# [-?AU.^9 ьл ttl
archaic, humble though I think
>9
ISWtmwT f«o totoL. WB<k*«l5£
t * 0. #Л $> WtoWxIf, ЛВф f f) Mi T- J x-oИ
t < to MitocStzJ; *)
%. L l&J I1 /г Z> £ Д! I > О$й(, £'t*W i 11Ш L X
S^MlWЙГ < foto ЖоЖЁЙТlH9 t |BJ
Ml:. ЖЧ^о#ЛЖ^ЙЯиЬ^§:?Лв1г'#1с-с, Ф
±O3gUfilWL£LT;!3®ni₽tJ: 9<O
< £' £< € < fc'
Ю1, ^W№LT$toS.
ШйЪ'ПГ, -to
toiH §*to Ъ & L & (fMtofeo
$j j£ О О excessive
Ш L- £ [d HL$] joy, delight
5ЁЙ [ВйТ ] this and that
Я’УО В tB’CT [toto-’too t> utf] with-
out one’s wits about one, unable to exer-
cise good judgment
< [ZrZf] just
(ф-ЙГ [i> jo-ti ] archaic, honorific as/what
you say
d [ ЕЛзй^ 1 obey, comply
RJJ'lS [& J: d J?3] tomorrow night
'JZ'^ £>T1 without fail ®
-$ d б d ] archaic, humble will wait
[to to] HUMBLE, FEMININE I ®
a little
[•^CZ.'d] circumstances, convenience
Л [^>Айгх_] thought
[СМ>И? ^x-li]
archaic, polite because I have
Л.8^ [ < Uj nine o’clock
[< П±Л] 9:30
— <7)|hJIZ [~<7)ebv>Z’(z] between
'di lJli [й'о’а# 9 b to] Kaminari Gate
i t < 'f’l archaic, honorific won’t you
please come?
[-f it2'C] there
[i: d lid] I, we
L-1ч) l"fZz-b [ $ L t? It to &] archaic
have sent around
tojfEV'O [jotj’Zito'HZ)] polite to pick
you up
[ L to] rickshaw driver
U [ &] honorific you ®
И-Э It (ВТ [^oltto'-B] find
[-tto to < ] my humble abode
Nonetheless, excess of delight renders me incapable of exercising
common sense, so I shall do as you say and most definitely wait
for you tomorrow night. However, as I have certain reasons of
my own, and my own thoughts on the matter, could you kindly
make your way to the Kaminari Gate between nine and half-past
nine? There, a rickshaw driver, whom I shall dispatch to meet
you, will surely find you and bring you to my humble home. Just
as you keep secret your address, nor am J of a mind to reveal
the house where I live; I shall therefore arrange that you shall be
blindfolded whilst in the rickshaw and brought round to me thus.
Please permit me to do the above, for if you choose to reject this
one condition, then I will never be able to see you again, than
which there could be no greater sorrow.
< •£ 0 6 0 ] archaic, polite will guide
you
[&A b 1ф О L X ] ARCHAIC, HONOR-
IFIC address
® L4n ? [ O' L tz i д 1 A RCH A IC, HONORIFIC
keep secret
[ —h £ 9 U] in the same
way
Z/" [V'J] now
-ft I) Ж [£> Z4 secret abode, where-
abouts
fWftl |MLWV'Z:$ia]
ARCHAIC, HUMBLE not tell
[ L x thought, opinion
-UX=
Ж-Jt ( L L x 9 ] in the rickshaw
llUliS L faTZi [£>Ze < L i’j'&l blindfold
[ЙоПЬ 0 i'l HUMBLE bring
(someone somewhere)
— <£ о Жl) H X i t
0 liZ)1 £>£>-£'€'9 archaic,
polite as 1 will arrange (for the driver)
to ~
tz $ HZ: < ] archaic, honorific please
accept what is written above
SL [*>L]if
—[V'Z, one thing
[ru ?h/v<
Z: $ H-f- 9 HTl£] archaic, honorific,
polite if you do not kindly consent to
[x.V'A/vl-1 forever
unable to see (you)
— [~(ZTc?Zz-£)] ARCHAIC
has exceeded
L A [Zr“& L <&] sadness, sorrow
[Z.H& < 9 A 9 ] does not exist
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& [b£L] ] ®
ФМ [<й£Л-1 letter
вяС" [it?] read
~“ClT< [—’О'< ] indicates progres-
sion into the future
“7 Аэ (t while, as
Й5А [ C-SAj I, myself ®
И-О<7)|н] (C^p [now$ Uji'] before one
knows it
ЙШ'ЫЯ.^ [ZrA-ti'L j
in a detective story
[ СА,л:о] character, personage
— bh &<)££-£&] fully
become
[Zi^U-bJfeel
[3>L^’$1 extraordinary
^uf'L' [^ ') ё LA,] curiosity
?&'№ [^ii a] fear
ЙЙ [^Zcilhead
~<7),J,'C' ['-'O^A'T?] inside
iliil & <\ [ ? T& i£ < ] whirl around
AC [4эА,^] woman
t'tW ] natural disposition,
proclivity
[<А><&.1 tri swallow, understand
Ъ $ <t deliberately
ЙМ -6 [ £ fa & T £> ] behave (in a
foolish way)
® ? [fa t d 1 [spontaneous form in text] think
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Ф1 <( -Ь Б [ib < -£> СЛ] the next day
Й& [(^/L.) evening
Ж^н в L-V* [i’ff Ьи] stupendous
Л|:1=1 [fafa&#>] downpour
"В о J)' 0 completely
ЙИ^ч [^ < d 1 clothes, outfit
As I proceeded to read this letter, I felt that at some point I had
metamorphosed into a character in a detective story. Wondrous
curiosity and fear whirled around in my mind. It occurred to
me that the woman might be deliberately going about things in
this way because she understood my propensities.
The evening of the morrow there was a tremendous down-
pour. Changing into a completely different outfit, I put a rubber
raincoat over my Oshima and left the house, the pelting rain
hammering down on my silk umbrella like a waterfall. As the
Shinbori Canal had flooded all the streets nearby, I had stuffed
my tabi into the breast of my kimono; now my soaking-wet bare
feet glistened when the lamplight from the houses along the street
fell on them.
[<fo ZeЙ-6] change (clothes)
M [<э И matching, a pair
AM [Йй LS] Oshima (gorgeous,
expensive style of kimono)
— [—60 -) x.1’] on top of
ЗГ Д I [ п'Д (Л £ ] rubberized
ЭД-Sc [ЛЧ' h о ] raincoat
rffi 3 [£ H] put on
АЛ/, cA' A £ ONOMATOPOEIC
describes a pelting sound
0 IX 0 O] stretched
with Kaiki silk
[X ') Western-style umbrella
Ins [Zc waterfall
A [—CO <] just like
[ZcZc £ о It &] strike upon
Ж [&£>] rain
— [—сойт!1^] amidst, among
[Xi t T] outside
Ж%> ["C-5] go out
[ LA/1X0 ] Shinbori
Ж [Л*?] canal, channel
[£>•) £>V'] street
— HJ [v> Л A-] the whole place
[г^ЛН-б] overflow
[ZrJX] tabi sock
ЙЙ [A-1: — -5] breast (of a garment)
AH-Ь [nft/b] put in
tZ' L X tZ L X Id mimetic sopping
[йиг-6] get wet
Ж/ll [-X^jL] barefoot
A] row of houses
on a street
H?, "I” [X i" ] [passive form in text] illu-
m inate
(Z’Z'tZ’Z^ mimetic glisteningly
[Zb#1-?»] shine
<>ЙЧЯ*>?Й?Н-С> Л/’ЛЙ^ААЕА^Ой>5 *>АЙ
ЙяНЭДЯ, -HAOWiilf <9©^й\ f&ALA^i
оХ d uitliHi LTfi- < о Ж-WUf* к-тЯЬ
fcxfc&ia t if l tc^c
-£-<7МтМ>) A\ ЙЙА£йо^Ф£!?А^19 ЯнА итий
1£й> О Г* о Ао
за» НЙй'Ьч Ah- #0й!£TAA kiu (-А-эТ, Ж
<Жгк*А$Ш> ЖФКL J: AlfI) ААА*) ААА 7-
AA.AALT. гаЯ£Я®ЬАйА —э4>Л1Л±й
х.#ио
L V' [ й с?tz tz L v' 1 immense
[;1:1ж [ ') b X о ] amount of rain, rainfall
X (< A] sky, heavens
onomatopoeic describes the
heavy fall of rain
1Й?<ШХ -6 [A J; < L v "t Z> ] strike directly
Из Ж [it AC’у ] noise, din
~<Z)rl’[C [—<7)tatMc] amidst
{pf Ь Ь [4*!* t anything and
everything
[y t>It"tl extinguish
^Zl/v normally
[(2lively
[06^9 UottsOI
boulevard
[Л:И;б>и] for the most part
ЖР [<fei t’] shutter
[ L£> $ £] close tight
—.„Д [12£A(1A/) two or three people
^?rfif|lT Ь [ L 0 It L x Ь ] tucking the
ends of one’s kimono into one’s sash at
the back
Ш [is t <1] man
<b -? '!"•?>] flee, be routed
Д-i ["''-и L] soldier
®rlt il’r’l” [iHtZc'H scamper, dash off
~Xfr C hfl'<] indicates movement
away from the narrator
ЖЖ [TA L streetcar
R$ [ t £ h’ £ ] sometimes
[~-O•? xJC] on
iS i -b [A i Z>] collect, accumulate
А [Л-Т] water
[5 <h (i L- •b [causative form in text] spurt out
jilfi-b [h ±5 -S> ] pass
— H [~(5 >H besides, other than
Everything was drowned out by the fearful quantities of rain that
came pouring and crashing down from the heavens; the normally
bustling boulevard was all shuttered up, and two or three men
were running at full tilt like routed soldiers, their kimonos tucked
into their sashes. Apart from the occasional streetcar sending the
water that had formed pools in the rails flying as it went by, there
was only the light of the occasional telegraph pole or billboard
casting a dim glow through the rainy haze.
When I finally got to the Kaminari Gate, I was soaked
through—my raincoat, my wrists, even right up to my elbows.
As I stood hunched and miserable in the rain, I peered through
the glow of the streetlights but could not see a soul.
<2 Cl ¥ а Ъ here and there
ЖЙ [TAT Ф Э ] utility pole
/Л ил [ill <1 advertisement
light
ВШ1 Z1 -b [ L d Ъ 0 Zc] dim, hazy
Ж rain
[< d Ф d ] throughout the air
0 mimetic vaguely, dimly
Rr "T [T 6T] illuminate, shine on
~lf ip 1) just, only
[ZnV't 6] raincoat
[T < Ш wrist
Ж [ С ] elbow
£2 [&Z: h 1 area, region
become drenched
Ж C [ 9 < ] finally
ni’ |"J h A] Kaminari Gate
Ж •£> [ < Z> ] come
& [bZcL] I
Ж Ф [ d '4> d) in the rain
L- <£ A/JJlQ mimetic disconsolately
i'blll^'b [Ze t'i ?>] stand
T “ Ж [7 — Z <t d ] arc lamp (street
light)
yt h ] light
— [~4-TZ"LT] through
P4£2 [&ZcD]area
ЙЗ&17 [Л J TT] look around
——ZfV4 [Zhho £>not even
one
AS> [GT Z"lf] human figure
[AT •?>] be visible
. ' : : :::
««KF»
sife.
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60 ►
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"Я'ЛЭМН.Т. As
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t) ©IWfc <9 t fA0mrr±J О Zco
t: A X < tz
Г1Ш, £ЯёА,&То-СТ5и01
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0Ф1:?И AAz^'tg.d t« ts. t) lAO&Mio
T, Г^ГОфШ- < &ОРШО±^-Лг!
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£>?□ L& c^v^oJ
[h'd^'l somewhere
Bh^V' [< fjV»] dark
Рй [TЛ-] nook, corner
[т5'< ft&J hide
{SfW^ [&{^0тЯ somebody
& [t>Z:L]I®
Ш7‘ [X o*H behavior, appearance
Ш d [5 HBl look furtively
,®9 [Jot 9] think®
la <x [ LIX 6 < ] for a while
tr [ZzZcTtr] linger
Л3т!)$'С before long
cFl?W IXL] Azuma Bridge
["“Oli d O] in the direction of
RtafiH [< darkness
^V"» [<fe^l'] red
ШЙ* lantern
A [t>] light
й £* Щ 7~ [ 9 ZiT] start to move
?J)? A, /}> A, Pj £ onomatopoeic with a
rattle
[йЧ'Т-э] abbr. оГЖмШЖЖЖ
[t d X 9
й’-'К L ^SV' L ❖ ] Tokyo City Railways:
a now defunct company; refers to
the trolley line the company ran
й] 7t [ L V'L] cobbles
— CD к 4* [—09 x_&] over, across @
[ L-f о “X-S] run at full speed
— [—<<-&] indicates movement
toward the narrator
IHA& [^Ф9Ь£&] old-fashioned
-ШЖ 0 CD [&ИО <9 0] for two passengers
№ [<?>£] rickshaw
X/tz i) h mimetic exactly
—-CD]|ij’C' [—0 X ЛТ'] in front of
ill -2> [ti-6]stop
Maybe somebody hidden in a dark nook somewhere was keeping
a close eye on me. Thinking such thoughts, I loitered for a while;
by and by, the light of a single red lantern began to bob about in
the darkness over by the Azuma Bridge, and an old-fashioned,
two-seat rickshaw rattled over the cobblestone street on which
the trolleys ran before coming to a halt directly in front of me.
“Please get in, sir.”
No sooner had the voice of the driver—who wore a broad-
brimmed wicker hat and a rain cape—faded into the roar of the
torrential rain, than he suddenly slipped around behind me and
deftly wrapped a length of silk twice around my eyes. He tied it
tight enough to stretch the skin of my temples.
“Come on then, sir, in you get.”
59
master
-Ь [4oO I) HONORIFIC
get in (a vehicle)
60
SjV'» deep
[S Л U Ф 9 >5S£] round wicker hat
ЖиГ3^1 [Jb <±°1 rain cape
Z> ] wear
ЖТ: [ L v A] rickshaw man
Ж X.1 voice
ЖЙ^ЙшТЖ [L^ U<
torrential rain (lit., “rain that would
sweep away a carriage axle”)
] noise
’M X. •£> [ £ A £> ] disappear
IB man
V' suddenly
— LA^-l behind
ЬгЬ] go around
Т1--Ж [l±^A£] silk
Ж [йо] cloth
Ж Ж [ТIX-V < ] nimbly
Wills [ 0 i 9 both eyes
ZSZzll!!! 1) [A A i b I) J two circuits
[—15 h’l to the extent of @
[X cjoit'b] wrap around
[С.ЙМ] temple
H'b] skin
i be twisted, be pulled
® <s [о X < ] forcefully
Iftie tight
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ЙЙ L& $ V' [&Й HONORIFIC
get in (a vehicle)
®L<
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2X”? [t'o]say
9j [iJ t Cl] man
$ G $ G L Z1 mimetic rough, coarse
[T]hands
& [ЪЛ L] I ®
ISt? [o^'tr] take hold of
tM L [abb/cZ: L < ] in a hurry
Ш [ < i> £] rickshaw ®
~0 k^x [~ 0 •) x.^] onto, above ®
-Z> [ОЧ-Ь] put on board
7Ё “s (-?-? <“] pour, stream
£> [is h й^/Ь] make a sound
^V"> < [9 Z:^sv> & & < ] doubtlessly
fA [b£L] I®
01^1) (CI [ —О h & 01-] beside, next
lo
[jsA/&] woman @
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L о (3?V > moist, damp
[tifcv'co-t £>] smell
Ш [li^j] hood (of a rickshaw) ®
l±°£?{f£><k onomatopoeic in pitter-pat-
ters, in drops
Ж [&Й] rain
—'A. [O h 0 ] one person
Ж-S [0-6] ride
4эЙ$У [is L-61J make-up
Д [Й'Й Ь ] fragrance
[&/1Й:йЧ‘] warm
f-hiiiii [Zct'fcA] body heat
(~<7)4'й'^] inside ®
Ж’Т [t/T] become sultry
M-b kb-Ы fill
Ж [й'И] shaft
Ваншмн|
As the man said this, his rough hands grabbed me and hastily
bundled me into the rickshaw.
The rain was drumming on the hood, which smelled of damp.
There was no doubt that a woman was sitting beside me. Inside
the hood, it was airless and muggy with the heat of her body and
the fragrance of her make-up.
The shafts had been picked up, but we got going only after the
rickshaw had whirled around two or three times on the spot to
confuse my sense of direction; and indeed, as we turned to the
right, then veered off to the left, it felt almost as though we were
meandering through a labyrinth. From time to time we would
emerge onto a streetcar route, or go over a small bridge.
We were jolted around in the rickshaw for a long time. Of
course, the woman beside me must have been T., but she sat in
silence without moving a muscle.
TJf 6 [ib If-6] lift up
АГЙ ') С n ] direction
Ш T” [ < A? i confuse, conceal
— in order to
—h "Э h CA] the same place
6 t mimetic round and round
_1EaJJc [(1 $ A two or three times
[ J ] spin around
Ж О Ш T [l± L V Af-fl get going
£t № S'] right
lift-6 [4 -Si turn
tL [СЛЛ50] left
t/rH-b turn
f 7 6 t somehow
7 60 < wander, roam
ВУ Л [ t S h' S ] somet i mes
ЖЖ1Ш О [“C A L t'fj 0 ] street with
streetcar tracks
Ж 6 [TA] emerge
Zb A [ V' small
1м [t±L] bridge
[t> A A] cross
v»Zz] for a longtime
[|ф A>ftS] be shaken
IW 0 IC [ tfg 9 tz] beside ®
[A A> Ai] be side by side
A A] of course
T А [тМ — C J: ] Miss T.
Ж 6 [tf i A] say nothing
without making even the slightest move-
ment
6 [C LAdfZ>] sit down
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[AAA] probably
& [ЗД I®
ЖЖ L [Фй' < L] blindfold ®
[ttX;i'< 11] strictly,sternly
[^ t ?>) protect, observe (a rule)
[~ jO'V'&tOJ whether or not
liW't’ -b [й-At < TZ>] supervise
[— Zrd£>l—] in order to
|в]ЖТ-£> [t’d bi d't'-S] ride together
& 0 state, situation
~^> LV' apparently
L >5' L however
{ШЛ [Лг11Л] another person
luiW [й'Я<Ь <] supervise
T — ^v»] by no means
Ж 0 VW~ [t !±T“t] remove, takeoff
Ж [ =j ] mind intention
W^D h"C [d&O-) £*C] at sea
£li 0 "nV* IZ Ъ [ L 0 &V4C&&] get
to know
dream
A" [ 4э A- & ] woman ®
АЬЙ [Хэй^й] downpour
U& [IXA] evening
1|й [U^] hood
~<7)ф [~O&й'] inside
[X •?>] night
Й [ h йч'] city, town
frE'Vu [О&'э] secret
ri Q [t 9 {> < ] blindness
'£t A <j < ] silence
Я^“С [T^Tlall
[lo] thing
— [Lio] one
It seemed likely she was traveling with me to make sure my blind-
fold remained firmly in place. Even without anyone there to keep
an eye on me though, I would never have wanted to take it off.
The dreamlike woman I had met on board ship; being inside
this hood on a stormy evening; the secrets of the city at night;
the blindness; the silence—all these elements fused together to
plunge me deep into a fog of exquisite mystery.
In due course the woman parted my tightly closed lips and
slipped a cigarette into my mouth. She then struck a match and
lit it for me.
About an hour passed before the rickshaw finally stopped.
& [C. A,-tf ZvZr-b] whole, harmo-
nious
? Zf U - mystery
Ж [ t -t3] haze, mist
[—07 *Ж] into
[%If C fr] fling into
9 [—T L i 7] completely
[T & 1 strike (a match)
[£>&-o(t.b] light
before long
Й [й'Л: < ] firmly
[trT-£] close, fasten together
[< lip
5flf & [bif ] divide, part
□ [ < f>] mouth
Ж [ f f 1 cigarette
W Liitz 1Ж t>] insert
7 yf match
—HvfMJ [v'f> one hour
[—IS t'] about, around
[/co] elapse
Ж *\ [f 7 <] finally
J ] rickshaw
[h££>]stop
Cx№< t. Ж/fcpoi о
бвк жеж^п*^е>-л«*иж1)»§п-с, Wkli^-c
шсаздст^ *1±мж0В, лд
(Г) £ ') (;{$£ да LTjg I) & О -эо, ^оМо±^Йй £ IC
±Ф>£Я-±7Н1"Гч % о ЬТйВ$&ОЗ(1с|®Ь'СЗД—
i) ifWV'fco
69 ► и|$Ж ti ASfi (> <fo *6 d о
[^ZzZct/] again
$ *-? 5£> L A mimetic rough, coarse
M [ Js t «1 ] man
ф- [T]hand
fA [fcfcL] I ®
^r- < [&6t>'< ] lead, guide
H X и] narrow
г£§7А [6 U] lane, alley
Z1H1Ш [tc $ /Uf Л] two or three ken (1
j-Ml'CfT<C {ojitv» <] take (someone
somewhere)
obstruct
— A [Cb<h 4 ] alone
И1 [ S' L § ] tatami-mat room
Д/ О Ж'!' [ <h h <Z) if] [passive form in text]
ken = 6 feel )
It < [^'<]go
'Sc'Kp [") i? О backdoor
4> <7j thing
onomatopoeic with a creak
[AltO open
Ж [V'x т О house
leave behind
Оф-'х [— о^й1ХЧ-] into
“( [ L1X6 О for a while
[TfcO sit
[н] & & [ X b 4' < ] shortly, before long
Ж [^О’ X ] sliding door
PrJ 'C [i> < 71> 6 < ] open
[:fc t make a sound
[4эЛ,&] woman
MW [fr^'A-l silence
I
Steering me once again with his rough hands, the driver took me
some four or five yards down an apparently narrow alley, and
with a creaking sound he opened what I suspect was a backdoor,
and led me into a house.
Left on my own in a tatami room with my eyes still covered,
1 remained seated for a while. Soon I heard the sound of a slid-
ing door opening. Without a word, the woman went limp and
lolled against me like a mermaid. Lying on my lap with her face
toward me, she placed her arms around my neck and untied the
knot of the silken blindfold.
The room was probably about eight mats.
2] still, in the unchanged
state of
Ajfe [ U A, 1 mermaid
№ ДЙ T [Z^v>< Ti'l relax one’s body
of [T 0 & 1 press up close to
—ЭО while, as
Ж [ $"] knee
— [~ CD -9 onto, on
Wlhl I*] facing upward
[ С- x d U/C] upper body
lean (some-
thing) on
ИЖ [ 0 i d d "C] both arms
Jfi [ ? & C] nape of the neck
Ж’Т [£ ЪТ] encircle
Tl—Ш [(iAfcx.] silk (material of blind-
fold)
[t-Wft] knot
li О L mimetic lightly, flutteringly
M *( [ t < ] undo
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йШ t^4j] room
Л.'и: [ t± t> t X d 1 eight mats
"-jxL CbV’ ~ < kA4] around
ik W^L$>, iSioSM^ttiV'ttm^ii'i
V4 —Л'сШМоШШг A,t <9 t LArftAiL-A^'*^
T, ^WlnjT icnZStOHOTC
(X, СОЖй*ЖЖФ^Фй£гЬЛ:&<Ой\ лА^оЯЗ-Т
Ьйч
70> ГХ < ЖТТ$и£ L^faoJ
?>► CdSV'£tfsf>. #(4)^ЖОФЖЮИЯ&^Й<7Ж^>
£Ж-£зЯХХ\ ЁП'Ж®е& —К<£>:££ЙЮХ-5 U. Л:М
t<hUftb«ZL-o
ianH [-LLA.] construction,building
— t 2XV>—h [~-L V'V'—Lv'V']
whether ... or, both ... and
aSiffl [Td L X <] decor
& 7$' & /Т rather, very
ЗА.1Ж& [ h о!i°&] magnificent
>MR [ £ b ] pattern/quality of wood
iif-£ [x.«?,К] choose
ТЖ [t> X d t'l exactly, just
[Mit] woman©
W [л A ] status, social position
ft Ь[bZ^^] not understand
t |й]Ш^ <h t' о X d U] in the same
way that -
fyF n' [3 Ь£и] house of assignation
~ ~ <h i whether ... or
^^3 [ L X o tz < ] house of a mistress
_hsit<7) [ L x h w ? O] upper-class
[ i)'' tz ^'4‘1 respectable
ft J V' [Tit'] residence
hard to ascertain
—'Л d ] on one side
^йИО! [ЛЛй’Ъ] veranda
[-to-?-11г] outside
гл^> i? h mimetic thick, dense
ffix.j&'A [d Л LA] shrubbery, bush
IbJ ? [t? vL d ] other side
[t'A^vJ wooden fence
И 9 [TL. d ] [passive form in text] surround
lift [Zc Zd] just, only
ИДУг [Zn/L Tt'] range of vision
Ж [t'x.Z'9 t>] house
фЛА [L 9 £ x о ] Tokyo
i2 [i>Zci)]area
lie, be (of a place)
The construction and the decor were both rather splendid, the
wood and so forth very choice, but just as I was unable to deter-
mine the woman’s own position, I simply could not tell if this
was a house of assignation, a kept woman’s house or the residence
of a respectable upper-class lady. Beyond the veranda off to one
side was a thick growth of plants enclosed by a wooden fence. My
field of vision thus restricted, I could not even make the roughest
guess about which part of Tokyo the house might be in.
“I’m so pleased you came.”
As the woman said this, she leaned against the rectangular
rosewood table in the middle of the room, and sent her limp
white arms gliding over its top like a pair of living creatures.
iAJ'L'f’ [-feta J:-fj roughly
[it A t 91 rough direction
T, even
[Ьй1 -6] judge
Ж Ъ [<•?>] come
J: < [t <-<<£'$£]
honorific thank you for (doing)
Ad [v'd] say
Ж® [ £ ] tatami-mat room
ФЖ [ 9 & 91 center
[Ьй'< %] square, rectangular
ЖЙ [ LA A] rosewood
4Л [o< X.] desk, table
t A-frW&l lean
against
[L-A^'l white
jffi] № [ I) X 9 9 "Cl both arms
A.E [l-Cf^] two (small animals)
& co] animal, creature
Zf Ъ 9 h mimetic limply, languidly
Ж-h [A < L X 9 ] tabletop
ft) "7 [l± 9 1 [causative form in text] crawl
7ft
№. <r> -h' -Э /г v' М а Я U ® -й- b -fr < & L Т . Й § № L
(СЙоТВЬД^О. L < ЯМоТМ©
г, адЛтжй'£П£о
/2> ri>£Z:ii, LTJg'bOttfij'^L
V’i<h.l&-o”CV’*£>,y L V -Ь А/ "С L Л "9о
en-ck ЛО5?&
Й1 *о tf & v * J; 9 12*^--Ь li,
г -7 Р 4-^х
73к Ж±^{£-£’С#>&|ЙЕ&ёЬ’Г, Й45й£йЛ&^й,
£A/*W£5d бСб'^ШО tt, ,@,oZ:J: 0 t Lt-W'KJT
Lfe О
IgOMofc [xJmWc] with a
cloth loosely sewn onto the collar (to
protect it from getting stained)
i'x'V' [ L-JCi •] sober, chaste
fe [ L £ ] stripe
daS [4s*b L ] abbr. of -fe -Q
tj 0 ЙА] high-grade silk crepe kimono
Ilk M’fo’fh'fft’ [(i гЬЪчЬ^ЗГЛ] women’s
sash lined with different fabric on front
and back (usu. white satin on front and
black velvet on back)
L&b -b fasten, wear (of belts, etc.)
Slllj Ж L [t't) <t ? й4'Л L] butterfly
coiffure
&j d 9 ] do (one’s hair)
Ж'1'н [Л-tfl ] appearance
ИЧк [ 5 < ') the night before
L 'С [й-^-6 L < ] incredibly
ffi [i5 t? & ] beauty, general effect
тЬ i> ] be different
& [ЪЛ: L] I
[£ T1 first of all
Ш *( [b‘ < ] [causative-passive form in text]
be surprised
72
[«1 /v^J] this evening, tonight
h/zL FEMININE I
(Z А/ & Ml & <b [Z -j Z>] have
this kind of air
rT^L-V* funny, odd
Ж? [#&•?] think
—T l' b '7 L^-Ь honorific be-------ing
f'H'C even so
Л [t> t ] person
social standing, identity
[L^-th-S] make known
«Z. 9 V о "C in this way
I was first of all astonished at the tremendous change in her
appearance from the night before: around a discreetly striped
kimono with a cloth loosely sewn onto the collar, she wore
a white-satin sash lined with black velvet, while her hair was
arranged in a butterfly coiffure.
“I suppose you think it odd that I’m dressed like this tonight.
But the only possible way I can keep people from knowing my
identity is to alter my appearance every day like this.”
The manner in which she said this—she had picked up a cup
that stood upended on the table and was pouring wine into it—
was more modest and diffident than 1 had expected.
[£vМ2r>] everyday
зЙ' & 0 [A A 0 ] attire, dress
change
— <£ 1) ЭД-l- О 15ЛМ2] other than to
there’s nothing for it but
J&ofcctO [Jo t ntzi. I)] more than
one expects
L in a ladylike manner, mod-
estly
fTt? [? A LJoJt£>] get disspir-
ited
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Ж-Ь [A < 12 X ') ] tabletop
place upside down
ШЛк у У] cup
turn over, upturn
tail'd L vs>] wine
<” [^> < ] pour
¥ [- t ] thing
Д9 [v'dlsay
tC. [&A&] woman
ЖЖ [-J’A] attitude, bearing
74k eir&rTJv'i LZifao
Тй'ь, I/Ш L^d\
fc<Z>f££iiZ>Z. ^^Ж^Ж-ЙгЛ-СЬЛго t
fA^*-C4*v'-C'T^v'S Lo >»
=t ? *^Zct®oX, l>4bW ^ийТ-э<Тё
VSj
75k ж—Ш\ jsV'gosRoLib^oJ; d U, й
ak$A-C®>Oj»£«v'fc0
^ЩЯёбОГйб до S йд’дТзЖ&Й'Ш-’С-С feo
ноизШ£<Ж Lm J; д r-^oZro
ЙК—ТТ^-Ь [X <~T <£$£]
honorific thank you for (doing)
ЖХ.-6 [iilSx'b] remember
.I'.i^ [> -V >,' 4 ] Shanghai
ЛэУУП'Т -?> [4з4->й*НТ-5] polite part
V'6V'5O various
-Ji [43 <b C] man
[<?> d’I’£>] have difficulties,
suffer
— ’СЙ'Ь ['“X<Za^>] to see what it is like
(I’^lZ [Л i d {-] peculiarly, strangely
<&) & <7)-$ [ab tztzQPZ t ] you
[ЪТЛ-S] forget
["Сё Ъ] be able to do ®
-f" this lime for sure
[b£Lj I ®
Й1- T -b [i"< -?> ] throw away, reject
L] [imperative form] polite, feminine
do not
[Л^Л] social status, identity
<t d <'d] situation, circum-
stances
[Ъ^’-б] understand, know
[фй] dream
A’ [43/v^r] woman ®
&? [43 t>dl think
V' О "C & forever
[45o£M-‘£-f&]
honorific have a relationship
^Tb?V' [~< < Zf J V'] please
ГТЯИИИН^^^^-^'
Bu Ъ [7^ tz %> ] say, tell
—W-''fiJ [и*э Z'ZA'o <] each word
and phrase
й(И [ 1431'] faraway
“I’m so pleased you remembered me. I have had trying rela-
tionships with various men since we parted in Shanghai, but
I’ve been strangely unable to forget you. Please don’t abandon
me this time, I beg you. Think of me as a woman from a dream
whose identity and background you do not know, and stay with
me forever.”
Every word the woman uttered touched a melancholy chord in
my heart, like the melody of a song from a faraway land. How was
the flashy, aggressive, razor-sharp woman of the previous night
able to reveal this vulnerable and demure side of herself to me?
It was as if she had thrown everything aside and was laying her
soul before me.
S [ < l~] country
pffc [ 9 A] song
L melody
НвЙ A] note of pathos
[A < tr] contain
[& to!гУУ <] resonate in
one’s heart
ИТЙ [ £ < -V ' Ф 9 the night before
flashy
strong-minded, willful
10 Iio#] clever, shrewd
Cl у ix у ~ [С 9 V' 9 —] this kind of
[i$ 9 9'Э#] gloomy
[ L Ф L J: 9 praiseworthy
form, figure
Jldh -6 [&-£-?>] show
just like
759 [if A U] everything
•tT’blu'C [9 throw away
x.l-1 in front of
[Z:£ soul
txlfili’T [ZclfZdi"] deliver up, throw
down
/*► i
b liiJIJOPff й'&И Love adventure fflffiSJIL
d U^oHuiiV', ?Нм~Н£ЖАГ-
l±, S ZeBR^ < L& LT, ЭН S "О >9 Ж $ ПА 0 - i Я
Ь-АЯЬ, ЖЙШГ,
Ao ti;?WLW>o
AtfA ZcA/LAItHA'jZ'OlC^VL WWW,
Fi 5? А Ж Ж А Ж d гЖ L X Jli ;X A M7j <?> 7j I fi 1— А А Ж Л T
<т<0й\ 1Ъ7^Ж11иА?ЙАг-'iiiioTIAArii.
ьЙ©й1:^оГй5©Н О-Й-/С
ЯА<£оА0
* [фаб] dream
— (D । ]1 <Z) [ — <7)4'tJ'O] inside
к [£Л&] woman @
f&Vn [b4<&">] secret
Ж8в11 L tz [ b d d t L Zz] dim, hazy
ШЗй [tf/v t^] reality
—Ib’ftfi [I- CC.*6] around two o’clock
[~ i "C] until
jfiU> [£-?X] have fun
J tz and, also, again
Itll/i' *\ f*t>Z>*< Lput on
~ t ~ t whether... or
[if AZ‘< ] illusion, fantasy
[XSIJCDKftTi'&H [< <O0O7i>fcv>] im-
a blindfold
Th Hlj [Z'/A-'G: ty t /v] Kaminari Gate
Ж О Ж'I* [J3 < 0 Tj'x.'t] [passive form in
text) send back, take back
possible to distinguish
ИI 1 $ [ft Ь к б $ ] enjoyment
IA [bZzbl I ®
—[^ft one month
— ZcJJ [Л>Л:о£] two months
^>5.1’ mutually
Bff [ t С b] place, address
WOX-HZ [tvdf/lOJ: die] almost I L^T] not knowing®
every evening
— Op^iZ [—О b <H-] to the house of
[Л*Х d] go regularly
<Ф ] middle of the night
[&] name
[d'Wf/td'-b] meet
iRJtH [ §= i d <' d ] situation, circum-
stances
Such was the fascination of this nebulous, half-real, half-
fantastic affaire du coeur with my “dream woman” or “secret
woman,” 1 went to visit her almost every subsequent night, when,
after having fun until about two in the morning, I would again
be blindfolded and driven back to the Kaminari Gate. We met
for a month—then two months—without either of us know-
ing the other’s address or name. At first I didn’t have the least
interest in ferreting out the woman’s background or address, but
gradually, as time went by, an inexplicable curiosity made me
desperate to discover one simple thing: to which part of Tokyo
was the rickshaw I was riding in taking us both? And this place
I was passing through right now with my eyes covered—where
did it lie in relation to Asakusa?
fp.'ls [ C 9 A < ] residence
Ш О [ $ <’ 0 Ai") look for, hunt out
— hAd [~L t'9 ] of such a kind
Ж [£] mind, inclination
[T r. L L AvJ none at all
gradually
Hi A [ L L'oAVco] time passes
[~(2LA^V‘] as
fyfytg [A1 9 A] strange, odd
[C. 9 LA] curiosity
Й [ L A A] myself ®
Ж'ЙГ'Ь [o-L -6] put on board
f$ [ < Z> i ] rickshaw
Ж LT [l±A L'C] ever, in the world
ЖЖ [ L 9 S <t 9 ] Tokyo
(рГА<Т> [ Lo which
Ж® [ti 9 ЛА] direction
22 A [A A t) ] two people
[l±C A] carry, bear
~ "C f J [ — X v' < ] indicates movement
away from the narrator
[v» £] now
IM [Л] eye, vision
li? C [A$ <'] cover, obstruct
[L T>] pass through
[ L 2. A] place
[AT < T] Asakusa
H0Й [ <L<7> A A 0 ] which area
A & [AA-6] lie, be (of a place)
PfL [A A] just, only
MIL [if 11 ] at all costs
£|| Ъ [ L <?> ] find out, learn
[~T<&•?>] to see what it is like
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WWPW£<ui>
£0йЧЯН£Ио JftM
ЙЧЙ®^ к -бсэф КШй Ь £о
77». sUbjL ?A(±t 9 к 7 Z:i £>& <«Ж,
78> Г~Я"С{>SFV'tf'fc. ^ОНД/Ж Ь£Ж-Э< < ftoj
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во» |Ч'ЧiЙ’Ж V'tt£-t£A/oJ
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fcWL&TZio
82► |jBI?-f'A/&$Ws{i£':K:b&V''-C‘T$V>0 ЙЙЮOliS>
tzk.n^'iz't о
О|Ж&Й1 h ПЛИ'$>/г L !±#> % tz И
4® Г f> П £ тЖ £П Л £-& Л о J
— “НЯ’ [£/L t ФоЛ^Л] thirty minutes
^Н$[н] [V't> С/рЛ] one hour
11$ t Ж *b [ h c? <h T b) sometimes
—И$|н}ф [t't> £й'Л1±Л] one hour and
a half
Й5 <b 75s h onomatopoeic with a rattle
ib W [L^sv ] city, city streets
Й£-Ь [l±L^>] run
I' ^>’T [Л't put down the
shafts (= stop)
Zt [-&A&J woman ®
^c [v 'x •? £>] house
Ж^|- [сЬЛй и] surprisingly
ЖН f) & Л] Kaminari Gate
< Г] near
[-йЧЬП^и]
maybe, perhaps ®
-К [ЪЛ:С]1®
l&'lii [ i ti ] every night
Ш [ < -S £ ] rickshaw ®
[ФТ-К-Ь] [passive form in text]
shake, sway
itti!!! here ®
ISM [й’LCl] there
'[?<7)ф1С [Cl i in my mind
W'ffl [is < -r < ] guess, conjecture
[sb <" hj "i-] turn (thoughts) in
ones mind
Ж [Cl fc] act
[£ /v Cx_£v'] not be able
to stop
(£>&] a certain
Bfe [<±*A/] evening
t ') h 9 finally
ii G & И be unbearable
Perhaps the womans house, where the rickshaw came to a halt
after thirty minutes, an hour, sometimes even an hour and a half
of trundling through the city streets, was surprisingly close to
the Kaminari Gate after all. As I was jolted about in the rickshaw
every night, I could not stop myself from speculating internally
whether we were in this part of town or that.
Finally one night I could bear it no more.
“Please, take off this blindfold, even for a moment.”
In the rickshaw I entreated the woman.
“No, you can’t! You can’t!”
In a panic, the woman pushed down hard on my hands, press-
ing her face against them.
“Please don’t be so headstrong. Which street we are in is my
secret. I’m afraid that if you discover my secret, you may throw
me aside.”
78
[t> i -o tt't] just a little
if V' [v'vj enough
L [to< L] blindfold
Ж-Ь [ t -6] take
— "C ft [imperative form] blunt, masculine
please
ЙМ [й»4з] face
IfpLih'C-b [4s press against
82
79
— [~O d X.T] on
tr press, pester
80 . Mail
И (i' J; /v must not, should not ©
81
ЖТ •?> [йЬТй] be flustered, panic
[ 0 j: ? f] both hands
L У firmly
IRIX. (43 5 x. 6] restrain, force down
[•?-£)-7 onto it
[t’dplease
i] willfullness, selfish-
ness
xd [v'dlsay
please do not
[43 ) tt'l street
L FEMININE I
[ОЛ*-о] secret
£[] -6 [ L i> ] [passive form in text] know, find
out
sb tz L FEMININE I ®
fiq "C •£> [f”C^>] [passive form in text] dis-
card ®
взк ГLTfAUMT
84> &Z:Uitd
Ло £ *) WoiHXT
Й'ЬОГ'Т&ooJ
85k иб v^6 ЬТЖЛЛ/Л fAliHh^oT^W
§ Zco
86k rtt^T^'^v\ ^Л& t L i do .foft
<9—J'T-TioJ
az» <t ? KSoT, Л4- < Вйй'<
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& [ълы i®
84
f* ') A ft li if that were to happen
у- [ФЛ] dream®
[~Ф#й‘О] within, inside ®
Д’ [4эЛ4‘] woman ®
&tZ> [гlove®
'- t) О feminine sentence-ending particle
used here to express indignation
I^^Aft-b t 'Н-Ь] accept, grant a
request
ЕхЯ
ft )j V'4 [ it can’t be
helped
•?" A £b in that case
Jldt-b show
S] do as a favor for
{) [-?-0й'Ъ 01 in return
“*J’ [t> <fc о hl a little
85
87 ..ЗИИ
l'>Z)V'iZ)(Z in different ways
в Ж $ M"!" [ ^ t If & о < T] use up
words, explain at length
Mtr [Z:0<j\ ask, request
Л’о t [4'Л1 V'-o Ti)| whatever
one says
2X 9 [i'd 1 say
-Ь [fc/v-?- < 't'&J heave a sigh
2X9 [И9 ] say
Л1А "С [ *> Л1 *о 4‘ < ] spiritlessly
йй^< L [Лй‘< L] blindfold
>f|j [Ao] material
Ж-?> [h^>] take off
“Why would I abandon you?”
“Because in that case, I would no longer be your ‘dream
woman.’ And I know you’re in love with the dream woman—not
with me.”
I begged her, deploying all sorts of arguments, but it made no
difference; she was deaf to my request.
“Oh, very well then. If that’s how you feel, I’ll let you have a
look . . . but only for a moment.”
The woman sighed as she spoke, and listlessly removing the
blindfold, asked me:
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88
jttM [Cl Cl] here, this place
MM [ t'C. ] where ®
[ЪЛ'<6] understand, know
89
'L'ttf 'd? *<л [Cl CL & <h &i'l apprehensive
ЙЙ^ c* [й'-foo^] expression
L> L> h mimetic brilliantly
Ш's [t5'75€j^ < ] shine
A V' [V'] white
Ж [й'ТЛ] haze, mist
i^i<7)ll| [£> i <7)^'Ъ] Milky Way
[lif] end, extremity ®
?л£ tt Z) [ 4* § ] flow, strea m
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It LX [ I l? < L < ] beautifully
ШШоЛг [(JtLbZzoZ:] clear and
cloudless
X [£ <Ь] sky
fllfe [ (back)ground color
[&<£•) (C] bizarrely
S^tr [< darken
Ж [<i L] star
[V'tjtf>A/!C] across the whole
expanse
Жк' [-ttSи] narrow
[f I 6] street
[ibjffl (Oil т5?Ъ] both sides
[ L =t d ХЛ] shop
[W ё&&£^<-6] be cram-
med together (of shops, so that their
eaves are almost touching)
[£ 9 ;$'] lamplight
[СЛЛ'О ] light
[U in a lively manner
ЙТ [i district, quarter
“So, do you recognize this place?”
Her expression was uneasy.
Stars twinkled across the whole expanse of the sky—a beauti-
fully clear, but unusually black backdrop—while the Milky Way
stretched from one end of it to the other like a white mist. Shops
crammed both sides of a narrow street, and the light of electric
lamps made the area cheerful and bright.
The funny thing was that although it looked like a very bus-
tling street, I had not the faintest idea which part of town it was
in. The rickshaw bowled on down the street until, before long,
directly in front of me at the end of the street a block or two
farther on, I caught sight of a sealmaker’s shop sign with the
name Seibido painted on it in large characters.
PM •o't' [T b't] illuminate
91
Т'й'йй & И L 5'4] extraordinary
Ж [-thing
Hf & О [Л'4* 0 ] considerably
[ 1^475'4] thriving, bustling
ill 19 [ t Й h ] street ®
bV' apparently
-"-0(5 although
% [b4L] 1
W 4] street, quarter
— & И not at all
[lt4<h d tf*'? < 1 guess, have
an idea
[ < -Ь £ 1 rickshaw
if Л к'Л mimetic rapidly
[ii L-S] run
in due course, before long
——j: 9 51 one or two
blocks ahead
£ -'i ’O [-0 5 * ic 0 ] end (of a street)
~О|к1Ш(5 [—0 L О ЛЛи] in front
of
[-ttV'tXf ? ] Seibido (shop name)
[ЙЙ 5 < 1 at a large size
Йг [t5' < ] write
FflJfjfS. [V'4 5' 1 d sealmaker’s shop
Wtk [й'4(f 4] signboard
M X. i'Ij T [<4 x. 1 become visible
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bZn
Т-И &и0
Ж [b£L] I ©
W® [Л^иЛ] signboard ®
Ж I «t 1 side
&? *s [й'< ] write
SU4 [С. £ й vj fine, small
tt'j' [ t IS] characters, letters
fff№ [t> ± d £>i'(i'Zut>] area name
and lot number
[ < Z £ ] rickshaw
~0_t"C [~od x"C] on
Ж‘ч b [<!:£>< 5!п»Ь J from a distance
MH. 161? [O-?# i tz] scrutinize, peer
к Usa,woman
[/c tj J f>] immediately
Ж?5W < [ & < ] notice
x< 9 [ч “5 ] say
[^ZrZ:!?'] again
IH [Ф] eye
<C [A»$<*] cover
— T' Г 9 [—4? L £ d ] thoroughly
95
93
<b^V’7 oh! (exclamation of surprise)
[ISёХ’й'З:] lively
ЙМ1 [Lid TA] shop
^•V' [f3f31J numerous
ZJ'S§ [L^tj/L d L] lane, alley
tz [o £ £>Z: I) ] end (of a street)
ЁРЛ>Й1 [l'A> d 7] sealmaker’s shop
МЛ-& [^Л'б] be visible
W [£ t>] street, quarter
X. <?> [й*А>й?х. £>] think
— Tjl-?) [~ТАй] to see what it is like
[vi ££ t] until now
From inside the rickshaw 1 started trying to make out the
street name and house number inscribed in small characters at
the corner of the sign, but the woman noticed immediately.
“Oh no!”
She exclaimed, and covered my eyes again.
A quarter with a lively little street full of shops and a seal-
maker’s sign at the corner—I was forced to acknowledge that
this was obviously one of those streets I had not yet been down.
I was seduced anew by the sense of mystery I had experienced
as a child.
“Could you read the characters on the sign?”
“No, I couldn’t decipher them. I have absolutely no idea where
we are.
Й & [ h £ ] pass along
[йд би] street
—one
НсШ'М defi-
nitely be
S 9 [& ? ] think
N childhood
-Z> [ttt'lexperience
ЙЁ [ & •'?] riddle, puzzle
[-tbZt'V'l world, sphere
IX [й'/v C] feeling, atmosphere
WCX [.hZcZcf/] again
[passive form in text] allure,
97 Ж
И-’t3 no
—-fk h'ofcV'] (where) on earth
iPtM N c] here
MM [t'M] where
J •£> 'C’~ & V> absolutely... not
W& [Ът)1-?»] understand,know
tempt
[ b] character, letter
t?] [potential form in text] read ®
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98» ) 'g-x-Z, t, ki±L*CAt L£,®Lv'^T\ г
A4H5ofc0
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lilUtttr, >бг)ф0^/*'<ЬВ'эТЙ'СТёV'o H-J£t
? ййтЖ&йъ&и^'Т^v>oJ
look Л'йй^'ЖН'СЕ-Ь L^'-э Лго
ioik < , $Ш, ‘bHZr'F.B.gS&fM»
itL’J'i'С. к Zro
& [b£L] I®
jo nil [4o л ] MASCULINE, FAMILIAR you ®
[-ёл^-э] life, way of life
[C^tV'T [~{-0V'T] about
[£ Afa A, J x.] three years ago
[Zjvlzw,'X -? ] Pacific Ocean
Ж [&&] wave
~O_hO [~(0d io] on
ф- [^ t] experience, act, thing ®
~ If#* lQ just, only
~ LZ>' other than, besides
[ L Ъ ] know
[iJ>d b < T£>] [passive form in
text] tempt, seduce
MZztJ' [it/vZibH somehow
t j8v ] distant
?Jff (d«^]sea
l”J ? [ tf ") ] other side
[^ L] illusion, phantom ®
Й [ < (-] country, land ®
[oiif < ?>] [passive form in
text] bring (someone somewhere)
,® d [ jo n ] [spontaneous form in text] think
98
^А-Ь [>1 Zzx.S] answer
[ЙА,$] woman ®
L C-<& t L Zi full of feeling
[^4-LH sad
xj voice
h'd] say®
Z2 Zn k? [ L <t d if <9 ] for the love
of God
И O ;£-£•{) forever
d d [-^d ^‘7] that kind of
All I know about your life is what happened three years ago out
in the Pacific. I feel as though, seduced by you, I’ve been carried
off to some phantom land beyond the farthest ocean.”
After I had thus replied, the woman said in voice heavy with
sadness:
“And I pray God that you’ll feel that way forever. Think of
me as a dream woman who lives in a phantom land, and never
again make such an unreasonable request as you did tonight.”
I guessed that tears were streaming from the woman’s eyes.
For some time after, I was unable to forget the extraordinary
sight of the street that the woman had revealed to me that night.
tfeeling
— T [~'C < please ©
ffetr [Ttd live
[&$ad] dream
— ОфСО [~O##>C0] in, inside
never again
WCF again
AXJ] tonight
i] willfullness, selfish-
ness
Ш *s [ L if *o < ] for a while
Bfe [lf/v] evening
[Л-££>] [passive form in text] show
& [•*> L ё* 4‘1 extraordinary
W [£t>] street, quarter
[Cl d IfV'] sight
[b'f'H-?)] forget
["C& £>] be able to do
100
Ш eye
Ж tear
i/lEtl-S flow
— LV’1 seemingly
101
['foe*] thereafter
Кйх/гЕрШ.0<Ш\ SIU!i-y & <9 LRlftSflxi
Zzo Mi^LX, tfrlAZ:
Ш]. mliK-Ж&ЖСШЬЛго
юг». gV'flBOH,
l’ ir^th, Ш £b
? ML SMTf$^< Ь < Ъ L—
LfL.iirnALfflz.iai»Xt\ -йьх-жх,
LL£<-E-0^&<;ljiATL£^Ao Ж&ВД, &I±W
ИоЯ^оТЙЙ£о^0£й5₽>г=К<"6 <’&Н££®
ЬШ. L0&£L.®d !$#£, WhlsjdiwSK-C-*'
'vJffi Ifttl LT Й tz о
fd'K [ t d ^'1 lamplight
ZpA/^'A/ mimetic brightly and hotly
L L 'b burn
JUk^^'S: [ T Ze&] lively
[-if i i'] narrow
<bJfft [С&Ъ С о L] lane, alley
g* =1 ty [<> £ ibtz 0 1 end (of a street)
ЙЛ-б [Л-х. S] be visible
F-P1LS L/Л x о V] seal maker’s shop
[Zi'AlXA] signboard
Sfl (<b tz £ ] head, brain
li "У 0 <h clearly
I'V^.'t' & [иЛ L x d "t'S] [passive form in
text] print, impress
[&Л t ?!>'LX?] somehow or
other
1*1 J [i t>] district, quarter
4jE 1) [гЬ Ь Й'] whereabouts
Й Lilli- [^ji^LZi'T] [volitionalform in text]
find, discover
fi 'll'i” -b [< LA/T ?>] rack one’s brains
[ablf < ] after (a difficult process)
Ж [t>£ L] 1 @
i^f *C [X d \J < ] finally
—‘Ж [v^о §<] plan, scheme
^Lifii" [tbA- t-Zf’t'] hatch a plan
[4'^4>] long
MH [o £ t>] months and days, time
1Ш [jb^'Zc] interval
[ i v' X ] every night
1) $* i" <b [ab v'<7) *9 i-'b & ] ride
together
i b-T] [passive
form in text] drag around
mH [Ti'&fr 0 & A] Kaminari Gate ®
The sealmaker’s sign, which I had glimpsed at the crossroads of
that narrow, bustling lane all ablaze with lamplight, was clearly
imprinted on my mind. After racking my brains thinking how I
could pinpoint the location of the street, I finally came up with
a scheme.
In the course of being pulled around together with the woman
every night for months, the number of times we would spin on
the spot at the Kaminari Gate—even the number of turns we
made to right and left—had settled into a pattern of which 1 had
memorized the sequence. One morning, I stood at the corner by
the Kaminari Gate, shut my eyes and spun myself around two
or three times. Then, when I reckoned I’d got it about right, 1
tried dashing off in one direction at about the same speed as the
rickshaw.
f'l'- I < -6 it 1 rickshaw ®
< £ < &£ mimetic round and round
t 7>] one place
turn around
I h’T □ ] number of times
41 [<$ Alright
ftAZa [ЗэН-Ь] turn
£ l О Л: 01 left
llll (i?i''6]turn
lril TZ. ? ] number of times
— /Е'Т-Ь [V'oTV'T&l be fixed
— [~-T < ?>] indicates a situation
or phenomenon emerging
POt & & C without one being aware
JmiW [£>/v(£i>] pattern
[Й1ГЯ.Ctrl commit to
memory
L'k & ] a certain, one
МЧ [#>$] morning
ft [Zp<L"1 corner
V.'O stand
[ad-st-6] shut one’s eyes
Z2 z?.He [ IA-two or three times
C <?’ & <h mimetic round and round
IT body
[S ЪТ) turn around
after
[С О <’ib vj about this much
9 I-fe t 9 1 think
НфЯ" I C-stZ-l time, point
about the same
R- < f] speed
one direction
SlBtrlj'T Zf-t] scamper off
nfL!zJ’ v • .OilW(гв oWttwWffiW
Z> <k t) WihiSiibfci5, TK;®2tS90fU> “F
ffiUHIi. МйНгЬоТ< ЙСУЙ
Ufflig^i't.gb^Zco
frA&OtA ib t)i»j
юзк llO®rW£S©W®yfjW:ffl-C ffi
t+A С iii mt
Ж^ВТОШ'Э 0 йУЛФюУ^ЛТТгУУ. Ж^УС
MKWft, MWoffimAIW < tzWCX.&
'хй 'J taibZ>Q йШЙЙктУ ? t i©H©/J<|;^9i>o
Ю4С j£ s ®1ЕЖиОТЙЙо<»5Я Л So
ПШ [ZrZf] just, only
HV'tinMlC [hv'tHTA>U] in a slapdash
lt$|uj [E-#*Aj time
}i li *o d [«Mid'd] judge, guess
ffliJjjttJj [d'&Z: Cl&Zj] here and there
[ <t !. J; d 1 bystreet, alley
Z»5-b] turn off
~ Jc H<Z) [~£ l9 Ud'O] other than to
ЖЙ' [U dUd] method
ТЙ£ J; d if] exactly, just
J22 (#>Zz *3 ] area
S ') [Й & d ] think ®
I’Jr [ h Z. 6 ] place
Т';®0&П < [=t-?“d < ] just as
expected
Im [l± L] bridge
ЖФдЙ 1'СЛ L "P if js d ] main road
with streetcar tracks
ЙТ$Р{2 [Лг L^4f] certainly
Ж [<& Ъ] street, way, route ®
— d t'&v»] be
beyond doubt
103
ШЭД [$ V'L i ] at first
ЖН! [й'Л.4‘ *9 & A/] Kaminari Gate
£#] [f- d x_A] park
[T^V'd1 <] contours, outer edge
Ж [ £ b Z> ] go around
i d ] Senzoku-cho
Ш'Ь ["C-6] come out
ЖЖ-^РТГ [ i$ d -tty i d ] Ryusenji-
cho
ЙЩV' [(i-f-v>] narrow
оЙ I? [ i: & b ] street
All I could do was duck off into side streets here and there by
estimating the time rather haphazardly, but it felt like I was on
the right track because no sooner had I thought “It must be about
here” than up would pop a bridge, or a road with streetcar tracks,
just where I expected them to be.
From the Kaminari Gate, the route first followed the line of
the park coming out at Senzoku-cho, then proceeded along a
narrow street in Ryusenji-cho heading toward Ueno; but at the
bottom of Kurumazaka it veered left again and advanced seven
or eight blocks through Okachimachi, before soon starting to
curve off to the left once more. It was there that, quite suddenly,
1 chanced upon the lane of that night.
Sure enough, I could see the sign of the sealmaker directly in
front of me.
[ d X.CO] Ueno
HotidN in the direction of
Ж/vtr [i-ttr] advance, progress
[—Ти <] indicates movement
away from the narrator
ШЖ [ < -£> i Й'] Kurumazaka
—T [ LZc] beneath, at the foot of
Ж I- further, more
£ [ О ] left®
ilfH & [is fl-6] turn
Jo^PTf 3Okachimachi
[йд bV'] street
-t/W J: 9]
seven or eight blocks
ff< [и<] go
in due course, before long
X [ 5 fc] and, also, again
ЙОЙпМ [£й*0 tic. ad -6] start to
turn
& [b£ L] I
[-f'C'C] there
9 <h mimetic all of a sudden
C<Z)|ii| [«loot'd:] a short time ago
U] lane, alley
come upon by chance
104
fck £ li 11 sure enough
lEWiC [L. J: d ad AU] in front
л -5 №] sealmaker’s shop
signboard
ЙхХ [АА-Ь] be visible
bt^J:3U> ^-э^Ж/^Чт-ой:^
ifiOMtt&h, B'WfcCL АййШЙ/йОШ-ЬТ
4wV)®S$0^^fi>o Z:o v>o-?'-^/biK<oBffi&ЯО
mgoSbwLLKmKiho ^EsSfc'hffi
L <p A rt/vlft) 4й' ft Ь'ЫЪ i>
ii> ^РШЖгЯФ£{£ИТ<7>й<9 4-|Ди!!й1'-Сй^{Ж^<&
oO\ t'? t ^Й^^Дй^зЭо ЛгЖЛй’^й'о Zco
LZc?i-i<0<®OiiuU3ZoT> fei±W’<"T
/v-C'Jg/io
alt? [0<?'tr] gaze at
f£'iS' [Г>ЧЛ<5] secret
(f^t? [£><г£г] lie concealed, lurk
&U3 U*Az < o] cave, cavern
Щ [-H < ] depths
[$ Ъаб-6] investigate thoroughly
•Э^'О/п <h mimetic directly, without cere-
mony
Ж£? ['T'ttJ advance, progress
— 'C|j‘<( [~<v> <] indicates an in-
crease in tendency
O tz *9 end (of a street)
ЙИ9 [ h is 0 ] street ®
lb -6 ["C-bl come out, emerge ®
«>] to-
tally unexpectedly
-1CM there, that place ©
[iv'lX/v] every evening
1Л [ X Л-tf] night stall
T S’Vf ШГ [ L Z: -Wc It 9э i 9 ] Shitayatake-
cho
(tizH: [t> •? f>i»] street, thoroughfare
[o-5 £] continuation
V^O-^X3 the other day
<M:£ [ CL <j Z_] fine pattern
Wi Ж [t> О Л/v] silk crepe
H d [й'д) buy
d'nlM fal^lih old cloth-
ing shop
О V> only
S.E£|h] [{L $ two or three ken (1
ken = 6 feet)
jt [$ сИ ahead
Я.Л'Ь [v^x-S] be visible
[zb L extraordinary
Keeping my eyes on the sign, I continued to advance in a
straight line as if exploring the depths of a cave where a secret lay
concealed. Coming out into the transverse street, I was amazed
to find that it was the continuation of a street in Shitayatake-cho
where market stalls are put out every night. Just five or six yards
away I could see the old clothing shop where I had bought the
delicately patterned kimono of silk crepe not so long ago. My
“wondrous lane” was a street that ran crosswise between the
streets of Shamisenbori and Naka-Okachimachi, though for the
life of me I couldn’t recall ever having been that way before. I
stood and lingered for a while in front of the Seibido sign that
had preoccupied me so.
d 13] lane, alley
[L] Shamisenbori
£ t>] Naka-Okachi-
machi
ЖС [«t CU] crosswise
Ц C <”] connect, join
street
if ? & somehow, by any means
& [bZcb] I®
ЗЛО [fco] stand
la C [ L < ] for a while
4 tr [ZcZrTtd linger, loiter
т’дё [v> 4 £ C] until now
Й ?> [££>•&] pass
JLX. [ (fx.1 memory
1ЙЛ [ $ Л $"Л] terribly, severely
'Й 'T £ i“] torment, make anx-
ious
Seibido
[ZnAdfA] signboard
--[~O£ x_ic] in front of
Sft •?
Фь4^£йлтЕ£;&0йш±£<й-i?,
0 (г^лй'Л.ч?, <9 m
Z>h< ЬХЯй5ЖЙТТ^/-'о
io6> ^;й<1Й±0'Ь>/'^РЯё"'О-э§
<9tBLZro
£. 2 < ё < Ii и г L' i Ъ i d
Ю7> £Ц:#(70Е^2лоЛ <ЬДВТйч£>й^£]^£?S
Ttflfl _ _ £'P Л’ L ?*5'<fL
«А, ^^ойлГг’СЖЖ®1) A,
ou b<t5Z’< t>7>:5 В
ilho'C
[5AbA.li LZJ radiant
Ж [(5 L] star
[•? L] sky
ЙЙ C [ v'Tz tz < ] have above one
[i$<£>] drcam
W Ш & [LA 0KA] mysterious
ItM [ < d ^ ] air, atmosphere
M 9 [•&& d ] [passive form in text] cover,
sheathe
[*^и] red
j&tk. [t d d'J lamplight
1Ш [АЛ AS] fill
4A [<t£] night
® [L> t tr d ] beauty, general effect
< [ 4 -o tz < ] completely
[>2 t &<£>] be different
fA [&£] evening
В (£>] day
mimetic brightly and hotly
Hr, 0 11[< 0 olt-2,] [passiveform in
text] blaze down on
f® •£> [ t>й11> £/Z> ] become parched
d &] seedy-looking
[1‘А^Л row of houses
hL Z> see
HAiZi' [&A/Zf7jp] somehow
—[v't>C-(2. v't> t'§ iz] instanta-
neously
о А4 Ь "T 'b be disappointed
-b i 9 lose interest
— X f 9 [—X Lid] thoroughly
106
Ifll/L ШЛ'4 [is $ tzt^tzV'] hard to suppress
5T'ni',L1' [21 d £ LA] curiosity
IB *q ft & [d’ b it Z) ] be impelled
3^ [v4^] dog
|ММШM|———————
Looking at the stretch of seedy houses all parched under the
fierce autumn sun, it was so utterly unlike the splendor ol that
night—clad in an atmosphere of dreamlike mystery, crowned
with a radiant starry sky and ablaze with red lamplight—that I
was disillusioned and felt my interest dry up on the spot.
Driven by an inexorable curiosity, 1 started running again,
guessing the way like a dog sniffing at the street to find its way
home.
My route went back into Asakusa Ward, proceeded east for
some while from Kojima-cho, crossed the streetcar avenue near
Suga Bridge, turned toward Yanagi Bridge along the Daichi Riv-
erbank and finally emerged into Ryogoku Boulevard.
к D X 7 ] on the street
kjV' [(’isV'] smell
С [й1 <’) sniff, smell
—90 while, as
Й /jj' [D^A] oneself
[d~<A A] dwelling
M return
ifA [ЬЛ1] 1
X. [SZ:] again
[-r^Z'bl from there
BtA1 7 make
a guess
Ж lj il'ii- [Id L b Zfi*] start to run
Ж [<A A] route, way
[AZtZrCZ] again
[&$<£<] Asakusa Ward
лПА-Ь [tdv'&l go into
'ЬЦЕТ [3 C £ A X 7 1 Kojima-cho
[A- cf] right, east ®
iBtx [“k’d'C'l advance, progress
IflW ['kA'ld'Lj Suga Bridge
Ж [£ACx] neighborhood, vicinity
1? ["C A 0 ] main road
with streetcar tracks
[CL x. A] cross, go over
[Zi’i‘AAL] Daichi Riverbank
[V A ^*<db] Yanagi Bridge
[~<Z)(dИ in the direction of
Й Ъ [ i A A] turn
[ov» 12] at length
ЖИОЙМ'Ж [0 X 7 ~< 0GAL 7 D]
Ryogoku Boulevard
[Til come out, emerge
108 k
<J ifAJft) OS£o*,j;0 it£t>i9 fl'$!i£li'L
^^Ж-tt-ibn-bo ИйЛЖ )йиг^хж?й«£гй
-э tzWc , .# a -e о а й} эд ₽> % < а о tz о
Wf-tWlt t Lfrotz0 —не
РнШ'й» 0 M'o-C, ?Ш AofiPWSfeV'W*Ш-эА 'О
Ltzo
Ю9> T)i;®Tftffi®l»JV'®JO, g-э L р 'ifcAA^h^tolft
РЙЯ-itT. Жш(=-эА*и£ ) A. fflv\
ФЕЙОйЗ <П&Н-2Ш.В L ABJ,
о ЖA if А-Шs г h %йо А-о
А* [йА^] woman ®
ЭДЖ [и?Нг] very, truly
7j ft [(i 9 // < ] direction, orientation
!££>•££ V'tTS [$ t b-tt£i>>i-&]
keep from figuring out
AxL® [Zfv'd 5J*v'&<’•&] make a
major detour
"t" ? -z> T S ] [spontaneous form in text)
guess, judge
0 ] Yagenbori
Affi’fff [t>$ 9] Hisamatsu-cho
?A-Wf [li i X. 9 ] Hama-chd
>|C' <6 [<•?>) come
[й'ё t± i (±’L] Kakihama Bridge
flx-b [tofcZl cross
[ t A] t me, moment
лВЛ~ [ё Ф 9 (-1 suddenly
[ ? ^ ] ahead
ФУ Ъ ] understand, know
108
M"C t) [ & ATr t ] probably, likely
[9 house ®
й [abZ: 0 ] area
[6 t] road
~ *9 LV^ apparently
‘l^lnl [v> a] one hour
— about
take (of time)
fA [bZcL]I®
Йfilf [ A C. £ ] vicinity, neighborhood
[-tft V'] narrow
ШНТ [ <t £ t> <fc 91 bystreet, alley
t'HoA •? -Ь [v'Tov' i) o-t A] go
in and out of
109
ТЙ <t 9 t ] exactly, just
It was clear that the woman had taken an extremely roundabout
route in an effort to stop me figuring out the way. At the point
when I had gone through Yagenbori, Hisamatsu-cho and Hama-
cho and crossed Kakihama Bridge, I suddenly had no idea where
to go.
The woman’s house was probably down an alley around here.
I spent about an hour going in and out of the narrow side streets
in the quarter.
When I discovered that there was an almost unnoticeable nar-
row little lane squeezed between the tightly packed houses imme-
diately opposite the Doryo Gongen Temple, I knew instinctively
that the woman’s house was hidden at the end of it.
Ж 1-d ОН С.'Л(/Л] Doryo
Gongen Temple
opposite side
mimetic tightly
ЯЙЛ> [&be side by side
Ж [их.] house®
IttlW [О&Ъи] narrow space between
houses (lit., “space between the eaves”)
[i~>(t &] divide, part
if [IS h Л f] almost
iJlUo < [Й(20 <] catch one’s eye
[li-Kj narrow
$ small
Tfffi [C d D] lane, alley
find, discover
[~i ? 1 when
[t> i -o Zi'< Тё I-] intuitively
Ж [J3 < 1 innermost part
[(?“? tr] lie concealed
& [ L ] know
Ф^:ЙА-зТА< L0
ИСЙ£ Л/гГ^оЙНйА йож®LU^a^EAO
по». .WlhuHimr. Г|®£ЙАШ t,
^AijdW'CgiJA&S? ь®«Л < , Aiiltz V t
1С&0йЙЬбГ®Л:^\ SiJA^^dXtl?L,Sn^< Ь
и, tiMotgZro tzvtz—Й, Й©
'fev'^B^L'C, ййй'< U, Wz&tf
MfcW, ^©йтШй^йЬ^-С
^U^AoK^EH-CToZzo
(&7j~4 in, inside
jnA-Ь [iiv^A] go in, enter
— TfT *\ (-''С V' < ] indicates movement
away from the narrator
{lM [Л- right-hand side
Zl^£# 0 [k $ А1УАФ] second or third
house
[ЛТ t &] splendid, fine
kt V4 fH L CO [& ib v> tz L O] scrubbed
IS о t mimetic fixedly
jft )j [ C £> ] this way
[Л jo AT] look down
110
ШЖ- [с^ЛАи] wooden fence
PH tr [Zn X t?] [passive form in text) surround
—-Kj [ кйч1] two stories, second story ®
ffljT' [ААй'А] handrail, railing
t& [ i <51 pine tree
L-t- [(±C"L(Z] through the leaves
к [£А &] woman ®
?EA [LkA] corpse
face
[i5 & t>T] involuntarily
[&cfli-?>] scoff, mock
Й [Ot &) eye
^lf-Ь [ablfA] raise
M e>- Ш Ъ [ $) i5 A ] look up
^'. 7> [ t? L 7> ] rather
=-T?t&&t [T 5 t (:Ш -6] feign ignorance
SHA ['"<o ISA] different person ®
? [X-r is ? ] pose as, pretend to be ®
& CO person
~ COin< [~<ort <] just like
I- C. 0 & ’Й"Т without even smiling
& [bZzL] I
[Tfigure, form
I went in. The second or third house on the right was surrounded
by a magnificently scrubbed wooden fence. From the handrail in
the second-floor window, the woman stared down at me through
the pine branches. Her face was like a corpse.
As I looked up at the second floor, 1 could not keep the sneer
out of my eyes. The woman looked at me without the hint of
smile, as if feigning ignorance and pretending to be someone
else. So different did she look from her nighttime self that one
might not even have suspected her regardless of these efforts.
Just once she had yielded to a man’s request and loosened his
blindfold, and her secret had been revealed. Emotions of regret
and despair clearly visible in her face, she soundlessly vanished
behind the shoji.
[&й**6-6] gaze at
irf L J H<£t [$><’ L £ fishl not be looked
at suspiciously
~ 5 6 V' to the extent of
[f d If ? 1 appearance, looks
[ i -5] night
15 [Л'Л C] feeling, mood
[Cl h &?>] be different
У tz just
—'Йс [V' fl one time, once
5Й [& 11] man
[H V'J request, wishes
[Ф 6 i-] grant, yield to
IfiZb 5 L [#>й'< L] blindfold
•-fti [Уа<7>1 cloth
[ф £ 46&] loosen
IC simply because
[OA-o] secret
% ( [& If < ] [passive form in text] disclose
W'lH [ЙЧ'СЛ] regret, remorse
[L^i'] despair
iff (15 1 ? ] feeling, emotion
M'b.HL'b [<%&&&] visibly
appear
on one’s face
before long
[ LTZHC] quietly
P$if- [Li 9 C] shoji, paper screen
— [—O/Hf-'4'] behind
КШЬ-о [й' < fl -b] be lost to sight
~~“C Г ') [—"C L J d ] completely
in> £о ibo
к И L i ? К, Я^ТОЙЙМ^ПХТО
л0 шзл-н^
и» —Н0й£'Тй'в, .е.Г?А(±^4-'Л МД-э-СШйоЛ'^
^KLZio ^AO'ktiZrAZf Л F®®J &£"<!: зх d V'
L& *C &о t) у <h v\ ifnZz^b
<£ d ити-cff
^2 H c- that was the last of it, that was
А [йА,&] woman @
J’jSf [XL®] Yoshino
~<hxc? [~t о )] called, so-called ®
Уг15" [йЧ'Ъи] neighborhood
[ t> О 11>] wealthy person
f&4< [>l"li] widow
Ш. [V'Л г? <fc 0 V] seal maker’s shop
ЛШ [й'АЛТЛ] signboard
that
In T -b [i“C -6 ] abandon, throw away
h|R]U <fc ? К in
—n H [U i? Л I-tj] two or three days
тй ё Ъ [Т £*£>] pass
Ф о 1^] suddenly
tF [< f>] temple
? I IA 9 [ О § 1± d ] leave, vacate
ЕН?й (Zrlffc] Tabata
the same fashion as
JV<< [-r-t-clall
[Й [&-f l riddle, puzzle
M <s [ t < ] passive form in text] solve
— T f ? [~-”C Li ') ] expresses with
regret the completion of a process
fA [bZc L] 1 ®
f'-<0!J in the direction of
move
-L' [C Z. 6] heart, mind
tthtzh gradually
[У-Л-о] secret
V' [Тй<э и] mild, lukewarm
[jfcrbls] faint, superficial
[Zi'V^Aj pleasure
She was the widow of a man called Yoshino who had been
wealthy for that neighborhood. Like the sealmaker’s sign, all her
mystery had evaporated. I discarded her—and that was that.
Two or three days later, I abruptly left the temple and moved to
Tabata. My heart no longer found satisfaction in the insipid, ane-
mic pleasure of “secrets.” I was disposed to pursue more intense,
blood-soaked delights.
ЖлИ 'T ± A, -?' < T & 1 be satisfied
t more
W color
[! V'] strong, heavy
1Й.Л: h It & [t? Л: Ъ H&] blood-covered
£> < ] pleasure
>K -?> [ & h Z> ] seek, pursue
ftfl < ] incline to
“CfT'C [—ft '<] indicates an in-
crease in tendency
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