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The years passed, and Genji had not forgotten the dew upon the evening faces he had seen so briefly1. As he came to know a variety of ladies, he only regretted the more strongly that the lady of the evening faces had not lived.
Ukon, her woman, was not of very distinguished2 lineage, but Genji was fond of her, and thought of her as a memento3 of her dead lady. She was now one of the older women in his household. He had transferred everyone to Murasaki’s wing of the Nijō house when he left for Suma, and there she had stayed. Murasaki valued her as a quiet, good-natured servant. Ukon could only think with regret that if her own lady had lived she would now be honored with treatment similar at least to that accorded the Akashi lady. Genji was a generous man and he did not abandon women to whom he had been even slightly drawn4; and the lady of the evening faces, if not perhaps one of the really important ones, would surely have been in the company that recently moved to Rokujō.
Ukon had not made her whereabouts known to the little girl, the lady’s daughter, left with her nurse in the western part of the city. Genji had told her that she must keep the affair to herself and that nothing was to be gained by letting his part in it be known at so late a date. She had made no attempt to find the nurse. Presently the nurse’s husband had been appointed deputy viceroy of Kyushu and the family had gone off with him to his post. The girl was four at the time. They had prayed for information of any sort about the mother. Day and night, always in tears, they had looked for her where they thought she might possibly be. The nurse finally decided5 that she would keep the child to remember the mother by. Yet it was sad to think of taking her on a hard voyage to a remote part of the land. They debated seeking out her father, Tō no Chūjō, and telling him of her whereabouts When no good entree6 presented itself, they gathered in family council: it would be difficult to tell him, since they did not know what had happened to the mother; life would be hard for the girl, introduced so young to a father who was a complete stranger; and if he knew that she was his daughter he was unlikely to let her go. She was a pretty child, already showing signs of distinction, and it was very sad indeed to take her off in a shabby boat.
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memento
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nostalgia
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bode
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cape
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shameful
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serene
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disposition
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irritable
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repulsive
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nun
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provincial
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gentry
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rumors
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clan
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warrior
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contemptible
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| adj.可鄙的,可轻视的,卑劣的 | |
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vow
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blanched
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| v.使变白( blanch的过去式 );使(植物)不见阳光而变白;酸洗(金属)使有光泽;用沸水烫(杏仁等)以便去皮 | |
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agitation
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demonstration
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shrine
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lodging
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uncertainty
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tumult
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precipitate
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collapsed
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eminent
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Buddhist
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grooms
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monk
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grumbling
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awesome
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| adj.令人惊叹的,难得吓人的,很好的 | |
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deferential
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uncertainties
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lesser
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rustic
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swarmed
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Buddha
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chancellor
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consorts
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embarrassment
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| n.尴尬;使人为难的人(事物);障碍;窘迫 | |
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cedars
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| 雪松,西洋杉( cedar的名词复数 ) | |
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aloof
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remarkable
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mansion
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massage
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jealousy
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hermit
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swarms
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| 蜂群,一大群( swarm的名词复数 ) | |
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judgment
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warehouses
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immature
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illicit
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accomplished
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