私はＫが再び仕切の襖を開けて向ふから突進してきて呉れゝば好いと思ひました。私に云はせれば、先刻は丸で不意撃に會つたも同じでした。私にはＫに應する準備も何もなかつたのです。私は午前に失なつたものを、今度は取り戻さうといふ下心を持つてゐました。それで時々眼を上げて、襖を眺めました。然し其襖は何時迄經つても開きません。さうしてＫは永久に靜なのです。
translation
I thought it would be nice if K could open the sliding doors again and rush in from the other side. As far as I can tell, it was the same as the surprise meeting in the circle the other day. I was completely unprepared to respond to K. I had an ulterior motive to regain what I had lost in the morning. So I occasionally lifted my eyes and looked at the fusuma. However, the fusuma won't open no matter how long it takes. Thus K is eternally silent.
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| 私: I (わたし), me, I (あたくし), I (あたし), I (アタシ) | Ｋ: K (ケイ), K (ケー), k, k, kilo- | 再: re- (さい), again, repeated, deutero-, deuto- | 仕切: partition (しきり), division, boundary, compartment, settlement of accounts |
| 突進: rush (とっしん), dash, charge | 呉: go (ご), soy beans soaked and mashed to a creamy paste (ingredient of tofu and soy milk), Wu (region in China, south of the lower Yangtze), Wu (kingdom in China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era; 902-937 CE), Southern Wu | 好: friendship (ぎ), friendship (よしび), friendship (よしみ), friendly relations, friendly relations | 先刻: a short while ago (せんこく), already |
| 不意: sudden (ふい), abrupt, unexpected, unforeseen | 同: the same (どう), the said, likewise | 準備: preparation (じゅんび), arrangements, getting ready, provision, setup | 何: what (なに), what (ナニ), you-know-what, you-know-what, that thing |
| 失: loss (of something) (しつ), disadvantage, mistake, error, failure | 今度: this time (こんど), now, next time, another time, shortly | 取: taking (とり), taker, collecting, collector, remover | 下心: secret intention (したごころ), ulterior motive, kanji “heart” radical at bottom |
| 時々: sometimes (ときどき), occasionally, at times, from time to time, now and then | 眼: eye (め), eyeball, eyesight, sight, vision | 上: above (うえ), over, up, top, summit | 然: -like (ぜん), so (さ), like that, in that way, like that (しか) |
| 何時迄: how long? (いつまで), till when? | 永久: eternity (えいきゅう), eternity (とこしえ), eternity (とわ), permanence, permanence |