それで私は成るべく、自分が中心になつて、女二人とＫとの連絡をはかる樣に力めました。Ｋと私が話してゐる所へ家の人を呼ぶとか、又は家の人と私が一つ室に落ち合つた所へ、Ｋを引つ張り出すとか、何方でも其場合に應じた方法をとつて、彼等を接近させやうとしたのです。勿論Ｋはそれをあまり好みませんでした。ある時はふいと起つて室の外へ出ました。又ある時はいくら呼んでも中々出て來ませんでした。Ｋはあんな無駄話をして何處が面白いと云ふのです。私はたゞ笑つてゐました。然し心の中では、Ｋがそのために私を輕蔑してゐる事が能く解りました。
translation
So, I tried my best to make myself the center of attention, trying to get in touch with K and the two women. Calling the householder to the place where K and I are talking, or pulling K out to the place where the householder and I meet in the same room, whichever is appropriate for the situation. I tried to get them to come closer. Of course K didn't like it very much. One day I suddenly got up and went out of the room. Another time, no matter how many times I called, he would not come out. What is it about K that is so funny? I just laughed. In my heart, however, I fully understood that this was why K looked down on me.
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| 私: I (わたし), me, I (あたくし), I (あたし), I (アタシ) | 自分: myself (じぶん), yourself, oneself, himself, herself | 中心: center (ちゅうしん), centre, middle, heart, core | 二人: two persons (ににん), two persons (ふたり), two people, two people, pair |
| 連絡: contacting (れんらく), (making) contact, getting in touch, communication, correspondence | 力: force (ちから), strength, might, vigour, vigor | 話: talk (はなし), speech, chat, conversation, topic | 所: place (とこ), place (ところ), spot, spot, scene |
| 人: -ian (e.g. Italian) (じん), -ite (e.g. Tokyoite), -er (e.g. performer, etc.), person working with …, man | 又: again (また), once more, once again, another time, some other time | 一: one (いち), 1, best, first, foremost | 室: room (しつ), wife (of someone of high rank), scabbard, Chinese “Encampment” constellation (one of the 28 mansions), greenhouse (むろ) |
| 合: between-season wear (あい), spring and autumn clothing, spring and fall clothing, together, condition | 引: -off (price reduction) (びき), discount, -coated, -plated | 張: Chinese “Extended Net” constellation (one of the 28 mansions) (ちょう), counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc. | 出: coming out (で), going out, outflow, efflux, rising (of the Sun or the Moon) |
| 場合: case (ばあい), occasion, situation, circumstances, case (ばやい) | 方法: method (ほうほう), process, manner, way, means | 彼等: they (かれら), them, those (あれら), they, they (of people) | 接近: getting closer (せっきん), drawing nearer, approaching, being not much different, being near (age, skill, etc.) |
| Ｋ: K (ケイ), K (ケー), k, k, kilo- | 好: friendship (ぎ), friendship (よしび), friendship (よしみ), friendly relations, friendly relations | 時: time (とき), hour, moment, occasion, case | 起: source (おこり), origin, cause, beginning, genesis |
| 中々: very (なかなか), considerably, easily, readily, fairly | 出: coming out (で), going out, outflow, efflux, rising (of the Sun or the Moon) | 無駄話: idle talk (むだばなし), chit-chat, gossip | 何處: where (いずく), where (いずこ), where (いづこ), where (いどこ), where (どこ) |
| 笑: laugh (わらい), laughter, smile, sneer, sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.) | 然: -like (ぜん), so (さ), like that, in that way, like that (しか) | 心: mind (こころ), heart, spirit, the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.), heart (しん) | 中: inside (なか), interior, among, within, middle |
| 能: talent (のう), gift, function, noh (theatre) | 解: solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.) (かい), root (e.g. of a polynomial), solution (to a given problem), answer, explanation |