nntsuzu/KFTT huggingface dataset:
English: Writers of five line poems have a choice on the number of syllables, as they are free from syllabic meter rules that are essential factors in rhythm poetry such as Tanka (thirty one syllable poems) and Haiku (seventeen syllable poems).
Japanese: 短歌や俳句のような呼吸が一定の音数律詩歌の音数規定を外し音数を自由にすることができる。
English: This allows writers to have creativity with each breath in their pace of words, phrases and lines, and they can lively recite the words as a poem.
Japanese: それにより、詩歌の言葉運びやフレーズ運び、行運びによる各自の呼吸運びに創造性をもたせ、詩歌としての言葉を生き生きと甦らせている。
English: The title of this chapter was named after the waka poem which Murasaki no ue makes for Hanachirusato, 'This is the last Buddhist service, but I think of a bond between us as trustworthy and it will last many lives.'
Japanese: 巻名は、紫の上が花散里に詠んだ和歌「絶えぬべき御法ながらぞ頼まるる世々にと結ぶ中の契りを」に因む。
English: On March 10 (old lunar calendar), a religious service for one thousand copies of Hoke-kyo Sutra (the Lotus Sutra) was held splendidly at Nijoin as part of a vow made by Murasaki no ue.
Japanese: 3月10日(旧暦)、紫の上発願の法華経千部の供養が二条院で盛大に行われた。
English: When it is summer, Murasaki no ue's condition gets worse and young Lady Akashi visits her old home to see her adoptive mother.
Japanese: 夏になると紫の上の容態はいっそう重くなり、明石の姫君も義母の見舞いのため里帰りしてくる。
English: On a windy evening, Empress Akashi visits bedridden Murasaki no ue, and Genji also joined them to make poems for each other.
Japanese: 風の強い夕暮れ、明石の中宮が紫の上の病床を訪れて、源氏も加わって歌を詠み交わす。
English: Right after that, Murasaki no ue's condition gets worse, and she passes away effervescently like dew at dawn with her hand held by the Empress.
Japanese: その直後紫の上は容態を崩し、中宮に手を取られながら、露のように儚く明け方に息を引き取った。
English: Genji, in his grief, will not stay away from Murasaki no ue, and even when Yugiri comes to hold a whole funeral on behalf of Genji, he does not try to conceal his sorrow.
Japanese: 悲しみのあまり源氏は紫の上から一切離れようとせず、代わりに葬儀全般を取り仕切ることになった夕霧(源氏物語)が覗きに来ても隠そうともしない。
English: She died on August 14 (old lunar calendar), and her remains were cremated on the same day.
Japanese: 亡くなったのは8月14日(旧暦)で、亡骸はその日のうちに荼毘に付された。
English: The next morning, on August 15 (old lunar calendar), the funeral was held and many people such as the Emperor, Tono Chujo (the first secretary's captain), Empress Akikonomu, and so on came to give their condolences.
Japanese: 翌朝8月15日(旧暦)に葬送が取り行われ、帝や頭中将、秋好中宮など多くの人から弔問があった。
English: Genji, who wants to become a priest, controls himself for decency's sake, and barely manages to survive from one day to the next.
Japanese: 源氏は世間体を気にして出家の気持ちをこらえ、その日その日を過ごすのだった。
English: He was an instructor of the Harima provincial monastery, and on his way to the monastery, he was sent a poem by Jinzen, Tendai-zasu (head priest of the Tendai sect).
Japanese: 播磨国国分寺の講師をつとめ、国分寺へ下向する際に天台座主尋禅から歌を送られた。
English: Around 962, he began to join utaawase (poetry contest) and there is a record which says that he attended with Emperor Kazan in his travel to Kumano in 986.
Japanese: 962年（応和二年）ごろより歌合などで活動し、986年花山天皇の熊野行幸に供奉した記録がある。
English: He was on good terms with noble poets in the middle class such as ONAKATOMI no Yoshinobu, KI no Tokibumi, KIYOHARA no Motosuke, and so on.
Japanese: また、大中臣能宣・紀時文・清原元輔など中級の公家歌人と交流していた。
English: The title of this chapter came from the poem, 'I want to ask the wizard traveling through the skies where the spirit is. I cannot see it even in my dreams.'
Japanese: 巻名は「大空をかよふまぼろし夢にだに見えこぬ魂（たま）の行く方たづねよ」（大空を自由に行き交う幻術士よ。夢にさえ姿の見えないあの人の魂の行方を捜し出しておくれ）に因む。
English: The poem alludes to the latter half of the Juyi BAI's "The Song of Everlasting Sorrow," and it is also the response to the waka poem which was composed by Genji's father, Emperor Kiritsubo, when he remembered the late Kiritsubo no Koi (lower class court lady) in the first chapter of 'Kiritsubo' (The Paulownia Court).
Japanese: 白居易『長恨歌』の後半をモチーフとしており、また第1帖「桐壺」で源氏の父桐壺帝が亡き桐壺更衣を偲んで詠んだ和歌と呼応するものとなっている。
English: The episode in which Genji burns the letter written by the late Murasaki no ue (cremated on August 15 (old lunar calendar)) seems to have been inspired by "Taketori Monogatari" (The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter), in which Mikado (Emperor) burns an elixir of life sent by Kaguya Hime (Lady Kaguya) who returned to the moon on August 15.
Japanese: また、源氏が故紫の上（8月15日(旧暦)に火葬）の手紙を焼くエピソードは、『竹取物語』で八月十五日に月へ帰ったかぐや姫から贈られた不死の薬を帝が焼く話から着想したと思われる。
English: Genji's sorrow does not abate even though he sees the light of the new spring, secluding himself from New Year's visitors.
Japanese: 新春の光を見ても悲しさは改まらず、源氏は年賀の客にも会わずに引きこもっている。
English: He spends his days talking to the court ladies who once served Murasaki no ue, feeling regret and leading a penitential life.
Japanese: そして紫の上に仕えていた女房たちを話相手に、後悔と懺悔の日々を過ごしていた。
English: Young lady Akashi returns to the Imperial court, leaving Nioumiya whom Murasaki no ue loved for his consolation.
Japanese: 明石の姫君は紫の上が可愛がっていた匂宮を源氏の慰めに残し宮中に帰る。
English: Though he visits Onna Sannomiya and Akashi no Onkata, his sorrow for losing Murasaki no ue only deepens.
Japanese: しかし女三宮や明石の御方のもとを訪れても、紫の上を失った悲しみが深まるだけだった。
English: On the anniversary of her death in August, he holds a memorial service for a mandala of the Buddhist paradise for which Murasaki no ue said a prayer during her lifetime.
Japanese: 八月の命日には、生前に紫の上が発願していた極楽曼荼羅の供養を営んだ。
English: The black ink looks clear and beautiful as if the letters had just been written, so he feels great loneliness but tears them up and burns them.
Japanese: 墨の色も今書いたかのように美しく、寂寥の念はひとしおだが、すべて破って燃やしてしまう。
English: In December, when the annual ceremony of reciting the names of the Buddhas is held at the Rokujo-in Palace, Genji makes his appearance in public after a long time.
Japanese: 十二月、六条院で行われた御仏名の席で、源氏は久しぶりに公に姿を現した。
English: He looks much more beautiful and shining than when he was praised as 'Hikaru kimi,' so the priests who knew him from long ago shed tears.
Japanese: その姿は「光る君」と愛でられた頃よりも一層美しく光り輝いており、昔を知る僧は涙を流した。
English: Niou Miya was one of the chapter titles of "Genji Monogatari" (The Tale of Genji) which has fifty four chapters.
Japanese: 匂宮（におうみや、におうのみや）は、『源氏物語』五十四帖の巻名のひとつ。
English: The title was derived from the body of text saying 'People always call them Niou (perfumed) Hyobukyo (head of the Ministry of War) and Kaoru (sweet-smelling) Chujo (Middle Captain).'
Japanese: 巻名は本文の「世人は匂ふ兵部卿、薫る中将と聞きにくく言ひつづけて…」に因む。
English: Only Kinjo no Mikado's son, Sannomiya (the third Prince) (Niou Miya) and Onna Sannomiya (the Third Princess) 's son (called Kaoru, in fact, Kashiwagi (The Oak Tree) 's son) had a reputation for being the greatest nobleman of the day.
Japanese: ただわずかに今上帝(源氏物語)の三の宮（匂宮）と女三宮腹の若君（薫、実は柏木(源氏物語)の子）が当代きっての貴公子との評判が高い。
English: Yugiri (Evening Mist) (Genji Monogatari) wanted Niou Miya to marry his daughter, but Niou Miya was not interested in that because he preferred free love.
Japanese: 夕霧(源氏物語)は匂宮を婿にと望みもするが、自由な恋愛を好む当人にはその気がない。
English: Yugiri invited Ochiba no Miya to the Summer-Residence in Rokujo-in Palace and dutifully visited her and Kumoi no Kari at Sanjo-dono Palace fifteen days each per month on day-by-day rotating basis.
Japanese: その夕霧は、落葉の宮を六条院の夏の町に迎え、三条殿に住まう雲居の雁のもとと一日交代に月に十五日ずつ律儀に通っている。
English: Roku no Kimi, a daughter between Yugiri and To no Naishinosuke, was said the most beautiful woman of his daughters, so he tried to leave her with Ochiba no Miya in order to bring her up to an well-educated woman.
Japanese: 夕霧は娘の中で一番美人と誉れ高い藤典侍腹の六の君を、落葉の宮に預けて教養の豊かな女性に育てようとしている。
English: Hanachirusato (Falling Flowers), who had lived in the Summer-Residence, moved to East Pavilion of Nijoin, while Onna Sannomiya moved to Sanjo no miya.
Japanese: 夏の町に住んでいた花散里は二条院の東の院へ、女三宮は三条宮へそれぞれ移っている。
English: On the other hand, Kaoru, who was pampered by Emperor Reizei and Empress Akikonomu, was dramatically promoted to a higher official rank after cerebrating his coming of age.
Japanese: 一方薫は、冷泉帝と秋好中宮に殊更に可愛がられ育てられ、元服後は官位の昇進もめざましい。
English: However, Kaoru, who had a vague suspicion about his birth, considered his life somewhat dull, and led his life thinking of becoming a priest.
Japanese: しかし、漠然ながら自分の出生に疑念を感じていた薫は、人生を味気なく思い、悶々と出家の志を抱え過ごしていた。
English: Strangely, Kaoru smelled sweet by nature, which was said the same smell as Buddha's.
Japanese: 不思議なことに、薫の体には生まれつき仏の身にあるといわれる芳香が備わっていた。
English: To compete, Niou Miya devoted himself to perfume, thus people called them 'Perfumed Hyobukyo and sweet-smelling Chujo.'
Japanese: 匂宮は対抗心から薫物（たきもの）に心を砕き、このため二人は世間から「匂ふ兵部卿、薫る中将」と呼ばれる。
English: However, Niou Miya liked Emperor Reizei's daughter, Onna Ichi no Miya, while Kaoru enhanced his pessimistic view of life, and did not want to have any regretful love affairs.
Japanese: しかし、匂宮は冷泉院の女一宮に好意を寄せており、厭世観を強めている薫は思いの残る女性関係は持つまいとしている。
English: On New Year's day, when Kaoru was twenty, Yugiri held Kaeriaruji (a banquet held after Nori-yumi (betting on a shooting)) at Rokujo-in.
Japanese: 薫20歳の正月、夕霧は六条院で賭弓（のりゆみ）の還饗（かえりあるじ）を催した。
English: He was the third prince of Kinjo no Mikado, and his mother was young lady Akashi, the daughter of Hikaru Genji.
Japanese: 今上帝(源氏物語)の三の宮（第三皇子）で、母は光源氏の娘の明石の姫君。
English: Murasaki no ue loved especially him as if he were her own son, and after her death, he lived in Nijoin which she owned.
Japanese: 彼は特に実子同然に可愛がられ、紫の上の死後は彼女が所有していた二条院を自分の住まいとしている。
English: He was called 'Niou Miya,' because he burnt incense to infuse the scent into his cloth, competing with Kaoru, who smelled sweet. ('Niou Miya').
Japanese: 薫の身体の芳香に対抗して着衣に薫物を焚き染めていることから、「匂宮」と呼ばれている（「匂宮」）。
English: However, Niou Miya, who was not interested in a political marriage but free love, was reluctant to have a legal wife.
Japanese: しかし、政略結婚よりも自由勝手な恋愛を好む匂宮は、なかなか正妻を持たなかった。
English: One day, Niou Miya heard from Kaoru about daughters of Uji Hachi no Miya (the Eighth Prince), and got married to Naka no Kimi under Kaoru's guidance.
Japanese: ある時、薫から宇治八の宮の姫君たちの噂を聞いた匂宮は、薫の手引きで中の君と結婚する。
English: Later, however, he took Yugiri's daughter, Roku no Kimi, as Kita no kata (the woman living in the north of the house; wife), and then his interest shifted to the new woman, neglecting Naka no Kimi ('Yadorigi' (The Ivy)).
Japanese: しかし後に夕霧(源氏物語)の娘六の君を北の方に迎えると、彼女に興味を移して中の君をないがしろにしてしまう（「宿木」）。
English: Also, he had a relationship with Ukifune (A Drifting Boat), Naka no Kimi's younger sister by a different mother, pretending to be Kaoru, although he knew that she was Kaoru's lover, and it caused her to commit suicide by throwing herself into the water after she agonized. ('Ukifune').
Japanese: また、中の君の異母妹浮舟(源氏物語)が薫の恋人と知りながら、薫になりすまして契りを結び、彼女が苦悩の末入水を図る原因となった（「浮舟」）。
English: The second son of the late Chiji no Otodo (Retired Grand Minister) (or Tono Chujo) has already become Azechi no Dainagon.
Japanese: 故致仕大臣（頭中将）の次男は、このころには按察大納言（あぜちのだいなごん）になっていた。
English: His present wife is Makibashira, a daughter of Higekuro Daijin, and a former wife of the late Hotaru Hyobukyo no Miya.
Japanese: 今の北の方は、髭黒大臣の娘で故蛍兵部卿宮の北の方だった真木柱である。
English: Furthermore, Makibashira is left with a girl (Miya no Onkata) by her husband's death, and the girl also lives in the residence of Dainagon (chief councilor of state).
Japanese: また、真木柱には故宮の忘れ形見の姫君（宮の御方）がいて、この姫君も大納言の邸で暮らしている。
English: Though there are many suitors for the three princesses who finished Mogi (coming-of-age ceremony for girls), Dainagon has already had Oigimi go to the Reikeiden palace in order to make her a consort of the Crown Prince, and is planning to marry Naka no Kimi to Nioumiya this time.
Japanese: 裳着をすませた三人の姫君たちへの求婚者は多かったが、大納言は、大君を東宮妃とすべく麗景殿に参内させており、今度は中の君に匂宮を縁付けようと目論んでいる。
English: Dainagon takes advantage of Taifu no Kimi and tries to set Nioumiya's mind on Naka no Kimi, but Nioumiya questions this and seems to be interested in Miya no Onkata.
Japanese: 大納言は大夫の君を使って匂宮の心を中の君に向けさせようとするが、肝心の匂宮の関心は宮の御方にあるらしい。
English: Though Nioumiya sends letters frequently to Miya no Onkata by proxy through Taifu no Kimi, she is passive and nearly gives up on marriage.
Japanese: 匂宮は大夫の君を通してしきりに宮の御方に文を送るが、宮の御方は消極的で結婚をほとんど諦めている。
English: Makibashira, who is busy with acting as a guardian for Oigimi, thinks that it would be a good match for Miya no Onkata, but she hesitates about it considering Dainagon's feelings.
Japanese: 大君の後見に忙しい真木柱は、宮の御方には良縁と思うが大納言の気持を思うと躊躇してしまう。
English: Besides, there is a rumor that Nioumiya is lecherous and recently devoted to the daughter of Uji Hachi no Miya (the Eighth Prince), so she has no end of trouble.
Japanese: また、匂宮が好色で最近では宇治八の宮の姫君にも執心だとの噂もあって、ますます苦労が耐えないようだ。
English: Because he is a main character in the chapter of 'Kobai,' he was later called 'Kobai Dainagon.'
Japanese: 「紅梅」の中心人物となることから、後世の人により「紅梅大納言」の通称がつけられた。
English: When he was young, he sang Saibara (genre of Heian-period Japanese court music (primarily consisting of gagaku-styled folk melodies)) and 'Takasago' in front of Genji (Sakaki (The Green Branch)), and other than this he appears at many auspicious occasions such as 'Umegae' (The Plum Tree Branch), 'Fuji no Uraba' (Wisteria Leaves), and so on.
Japanese: 童の頃に源氏の前で催馬楽「高砂」を歌った（賢木）他、「梅枝」「藤裏葉」など祝い事の席での登場が多い。
English: There was a time when he loved Ochiba no Miya, a widow of his older brother Kashiwagi, and Fujitsubo no Nyogo (a consort of Kinjo no Mikado), and her daughter, Onna Ninomiya.
Japanese: また兄柏木の未亡人落葉の宮や藤壺女御（今上帝(源氏物語)の妃）、その娘の女二宮に思いをかけたこともあった。
English: After Higekuro Daijo-daijin passed away, Tamakazura was left with her three sons and two daughters, and tried to restore her ruined family.
Japanese: 髭黒太政大臣亡き後、玉鬘は遺された三男二女を抱え、零落した家を復興させんと躍起になっていた。
English: Kinjo no Mikado and Emperor Reizei asked Tamakazura to let them marry her two daughters, Oigimi (oldest sister) and Naka no Kimi, but Mikado had already been married to young lady Akashi, her sister-in-law, and Emperor Reizei had Kokiden no nyogo (Empress Kokiden), her older sister by a different mother, so she did not know what to do.
Japanese: 姫君二人（大君、中の君）には、今上帝(源氏物語)や冷泉帝から声がかかるが、帝には義妹の明石の姫君が、冷泉院には異母姉の弘徽殿女御がいるため、玉鬘は判断に迷っていた。
English: Kaoru and Kurodo no Shosho (Chamberlain Lieutenant) who was Yugiri (Evening Mist)'s fifth son were also Oigimi's suitors.
Japanese: また、薫や蔵人少将（夕霧(源氏物語)の五男）も大君に思いを寄せる求婚者の一人だった。
English: In late January when Kaoru was fifteen, young people gathered at Tamakazura's residence to sing "Takekawa" in the Saibara style (a genre of Heian-period Japanese court music (primarily consisting of gagaku-styled folk melodies)).
Japanese: 薫15歳の正月下旬、玉鬘邸に若者たちが集まって催馬楽の「竹河」を謡い興じた。
English: At that time, Tamakazura realized that the sound of wagon (Japanese harp) which Kaoru was playing was similar to that by her deceased father, Tono Chujo (the first secretary's captain), and her deceased older brother, Kashiwagi (The Oak Tree).
Japanese: その席で玉鬘は薫が弾く和琴の音色が亡父頭中将や亡兄柏木に似ていることに気付く。
English: At dusk in March, when the cherry blossoms were in full bloom, two himegimi opened the bamboo blind and played a game of Go for the cherry blossom tree.
Japanese: 3月のサクラの盛りの夕暮れ時、二人の姫君は御簾をあげ、桜の木を賭け碁を打っていた。
English: Kurodo no Shosho saw this and felt his feelings for Oigimi deepen.
Japanese: 蔵人少将はその姿を垣間見て、ますます大君への思いを募らせるのだった。
English: Emperor Reizei was greatly pleased, but Oigimi came to go back home frequently due to mental exhaustion because those around her were jealous.
Japanese: 冷泉院は大喜びだがかえって周囲の者たちから嫉妬を買い、気苦労から大君は里下がりすることが多くなる。
English: A few years later, Kaoru and Kurodo no Shosho were steadily promoted to Chunagon (vice-councilor of state) and Saisho no Chujo (Consultant Captain) respectively.
Japanese: それから数年の月日が流れ、薫は中納言に、蔵人少将も宰相中将に、それぞれ順調に昇進していた。
English: Every time when Tamakazura thought of unhappiness of Oigimi and compared Kaoru and Kurodo no Shosho with her sons whose promotions were slow, she was bitterly disappointed by this frustrating world and could not help feeling regret.
Japanese: 玉鬘は大君の不幸や自分の息子たちの出世の遅さと比べるにつけ、思うに任せぬ世を悔しく思い後悔の念は耐えない。
English: In this chapter, Kaoru was promoted to Chunagon (vice-councilor of state), and Kobai (the rose plum) and Yugiri were also promoted from Dainagon (chief councilor of state) to Udaijin (minister of the right), and from Udaijin to Sadaijin (minister of the left) respectively.
Japanese: この巻では、薫が中納言に昇進するとともに、紅梅(源氏物語)が大納言から右大臣に、夕霧(源氏物語)が右大臣から左大臣にそれぞれ昇進している。
English: Nevertheless, in the following chapters, there are inconsistent descriptions of official titles, for example, some characters are called by their old titles.
Japanese: にもかかわらず、これに続く巻では昇進以前の官名のままで呼ばれているといった官名の記述に矛盾がある。
English: In addition, of the 54 chapters, this is the only chapter in which the narrator shows its position; for these reasons, some people claimed that the chapter was written in later years or by a different author.
Japanese: また、54帖中唯一作中での語り手がその立場を明らかにしていることなど、いくつかの理由から後記説や別作者説が唱えられている。
English: However, some people deny these theories about the additional chapter and the different author, stating that these problems can be explained as a matter of structure.
Japanese: 但し、このような現象は構想上の問題として説明できるとして後記説や別作者説を否定する見解も存在する。
English: The title of this chapter was derived from the waka poetry which Kaoru (Hikaru GENJI's grandson) composed: 'Wet are my sleeves as the oars that work these shallows. For my heart knows the heart of the lady at the bridge.'
Japanese: 巻名は薫が詠んだ和歌「橋姫の心を汲みて高瀬さす棹のしづくに袖ぞ濡れぬる」に因む。
English: This chapter is also called Ubasoku Buddhist, which came from another name for Hachi no Miya, zoku hijiri (worldly saint).
Japanese: 本巻は優婆塞の異名を持ち、この異名は俗聖の八の宮を優婆塞と称することに由来している。
English: "Okuiri" (the second edition), a commentary by FUJIWARA no Teika, says that the title is, 'Ubasoku, also called Hashihime,' while the Oshima-bon manuscript, which is considered the best Aobyoshi-bon manuscript, states that the name of this chapter is 'Ubasoku.'
Japanese: 藤原定家の注釈書『奥入』（第二次）には「優婆塞　一名　橋姫」とあり、青表紙本の最善本とされる大島本は本帖の題名を「優婆塞」としている。
English: Also, in "Genji monogatari ganmon" written by Seikaku and "Hikaru Genji monogatari honji" written by Ryogo, the title of this chapter is Ubasoku Buddhist, which suggests that it was a quite dominant other name for the chapter during the end of the Heian period.
Japanese: 聖覚の『源氏物語願文』や了悟の『光源氏物語本事』も本帖を優婆塞としており、平安時代末期にはかなり有力な異名であったと見られる。
English: When Emperor Reizei was the Crown Prince, Kokiden no nyogo (Empress Kokiden) plotted to remove him and help Hachi no Miya to the throne; as a result, he was involved in the conspiracy, and was coming down in the world as the times had changed.
Japanese: 冷泉帝の東宮時代、これを廃し代わりに八の宮を東宮に擁立せんとの弘徽殿女御方の陰謀に加担させられたため、時勢が移るとともに零落していったのである。
English: He had lost his wife, and spent his days bringing up his two daughters (Oigimi, the older sister, and Naka no Kimi, the younger sister), hoping to become a priest in Uji city.
Japanese: 今は北の方に先立たれ、宇治市の地で出家を望みながらも二人の姫君（大君、中の君）を養育しつつ日一日を過ごしている。
English: Kaoru, who came to know him through Ajari (a master in esoteric Buddhism; a high priest) in Ujiyama, was impressed by Hachi no Miya's solitary spiritual pursuits, and began to visit him, admiring him more and more.
Japanese: 宇治山の阿闍梨から彼を知った薫は、その俗聖ぶりに強く惹かれ八の宮のもとに通うようになりますます傾倒してゆく。
English: In the third fall since Kaoru started to visit them, he caught a glimpse of the daughters playing so (a long Japanese zither with thirteen strings) and biwa (a Japanese lute) under the remaining moon at dawn, when he visited the residence of Uji where Hachi no Miya was absent.
Japanese: 通い始めて三年目の秋、八の宮不在の宇治邸を訪れた薫は、有明の月の下で箏と琵琶とを合奏する姫君たちを垣間見る。
English: Kaoru was naturally attracted by the daughters who were innocent, but elegant and graceful.
Japanese: 屈託のない、しかも気品高く優雅な姫君たちに、薫はおのずと心惹かれる。
English: Ben was a menotogo (the daughter of a menoto, a wet nurse to a high born baby) of the late Kashiwagi (a son of Tono Chujo - the first secretary's captain) (The Tale of Genji), and was Hachi no Miya's maid at that time.
Japanese: 弁は故柏木(源氏物語)の乳母子（めのとご、乳母の娘）で、今は八の宮の侍女である。
English: Kaoru told Nioumiya about the daughters in Uji, then Nioumiya got passionately interested in them.
Japanese: 薫は匂宮に宇治の姫君たちの存在を語り、匂宮はその話題にいたく興味を示す。
English: In early October, Hachi no Miya confided in Kaoru about his daughters and asked him to be their guardian after his death.
Japanese: 十月上旬、八の宮は姫君たちの存在を薫に打ち明け、死後の後見を託したいと願い出る。
English: When he returned to Kyoto, he opened the bag to find a bundle of letters smelling moldy, which had been exchanged between Kashiwagi and Onna Sannomiya (the Third Princess).
Japanese: 帰京後、開けてみると柏木と女三宮の手紙の束がひどい黴臭と共に出てきた。
English: Kaoru couldn't help feeling embarrassed to see the vivid handwriting of Kashiwagi, who had been dying, but pleased about Onna Sannomiya's childbirth.
Japanese: 女三宮の出産を喜ぶ柏木の死の間際の筆跡のあまりのなまなましさに、薫はとまどいを隠せない。
English: When Kaoru visited his mother, Onna Sannomiya, he saw her reading sutras, so he lost the will to tell her that he had gotten to know the secret, trying to keep it to himself.
Japanese: 母女三宮を訪ねるが、無心に経を読む尼姿に接した薫は、秘密を知ったことを話す気になれなくなり、ひとり胸中に抱え込もうとするのだった。
English: The title of this chapter came from a waka poem which was composed by Kaoru when he remembered late Hachi no Miya, 'The oak tree on which I depended, spreading shade does not exist any more, and I will live in emptiness and silence.'
Japanese: 巻名は、薫が故八の宮を偲んで詠んだ和歌「立ち寄らむ陰とたのみし椎が本むなしき床になりにけるかな」に因む。
English: It is commonly said that the second residence owned by Yugiri (The Tale of Genji), appearing in this chapter, was modeled after the Byodoin Temple because in the tale it is located on the shore of the Uji-gawa River, the opposite side of the capital.
Japanese: この帖に登場する夕霧(源氏物語)所有の別荘は、宇治川の岸辺、京の向こう岸にあることから平等院がモデルというのが通説となっている。
English: Around February 20 (old lunar calendar), when Nioumiya pays a visit to Hatsuse (to Hase-dera Temple), he drops in at Yugiri's (The Tale of Genji) second house in Uji on his way home.
Japanese: 2月20日(旧暦)ごろ、匂宮は初瀬詣で（長谷寺参詣）の帰りに宇治の夕霧(源氏物語)の別荘に立ち寄った。
English: Nioumiya enjoys playing the game of go, sugoroku (Japanese backgammon) and the koto (a long Japanese zither with thirteen strings) with Kaoru and Yugiri's sons.
Japanese: 匂宮は薫や夕霧の子息たちと碁や双六をしたり琴を弾いたりして楽しんでいる。
English: Hachi no Miya, who lives on the other side of the Uji-gawa River, hears the sound of some wind and string instruments, and cannot help remembering the old glorious days at the Imperial Court.
Japanese: 宇治川を挟んだ対岸にある八の宮邸にもそのにぎやかな管弦の音が響き、八の宮は昔の宮中での栄華の日々を思い出さずにはいられない。
English: The following day, Hachi no Miya sends Kaoru a poem, but Nioumiya, who happens to see it, replies to the poem instead.
Japanese: 翌日、八の宮から薫に贈歌があり、それを見た匂宮が代わりに返歌をする。
English: After Nioumiya has returned to the capital, he frequently sends poems to Uji, but Hachi no Miya always has Naka no Kimi reply to his poems.
Japanese: 匂宮は帰京後もしばしば宇治に歌を送るようになり、八の宮はその返歌を常に中の君に書かせるようになる。
English: He also warns his daughters not to marry a man thoughtlessly, leave Uji, and disgrace themselves in public, then he visits a temple on a mountain and passes away there.
Japanese: 一方で姫君たちに、軽々しく結婚して宇治を離れ俗世に恥をさらすな、この山里に一生を過ごすのがよいと戒め、宇治の山寺に参籠しに出かけ、そこで亡くなった。
English: The princesses, who are told about the death of their father, hoped to see his remains, but Ajari (a master in esoteric Buddhism; a high priest) refuses their request absolutely.
Japanese: 訃報を知った姫君たちは、父の亡骸との対面を望むが、阿闍梨に厳しく断られる。
English: Kaoru and Nioumiya visit the Hachi no Miya's residence to make a call of condolence, but the daughters feel so sad that they will not open up to anybody.
Japanese: 薫や匂宮が弔問に八の宮邸を訪れるが、悲しみに沈む姫君たちはなかなか心を開かなかった。
English: He speaks to her about marriage arrangements between Nioumiya and Naka no Kimi, also revealing to her that he has been in love with her and wants her to move to the capital, but Oigimi does not take his words seriously.
Japanese: 匂宮と中の君の縁談を持ち上げつつ、おのが恋心をも訴え、京に迎えたいと申し出るが、大君は取り合わなかった。
English: The following spring, Nioumiya comes to love Naka no Kimi more and more, and he is in no mood for the proposal of marriage with Yugiri's Roku no Kimi (Yugiri's sixth daughter).
Japanese: 翌年の春、匂宮の中の君への思いはますます募るようになり、夕霧の六の君との縁談にも気が進まない。
English: Meanwhile, Kaoru's residence, Sanjo no Miya was burnt down, so he gets busy taking care of the aftermath, and has not visited Uji for a long time.
Japanese: また、自邸の三条宮が焼失した後始末などで、薫も久しく宇治を訪ねていない。
English: In summer, when Kaoru visits Uji, he catches a glimpse of the princesses in the mourning clothes, and is attracted by the beauty of Oigimi more than ever.
Japanese: 夏、宇治を訪れた薫は、喪服姿の姫君たちを垣間見て、大君の美しさにますます惹かれてゆくのであった。
English: As choka (literally, long poems) lost popularity, tanka came to be representative of the waka form of poetry.
Japanese: 長歌が作られることがなくなるにつれて、和歌といえば短歌をさすようになった。
English: This form of poetry, which has a five-line poem with the 5-7-5-7-7 syllable structure (thirty-one moras), was given different names in relation to the longer forms of poetry of the period.
Japanese: 五・七・五・七・七の五句体（31モーラ）の詩形は、その時代に盛んであった長い詩形との関連で呼び名が変わった。