“Look in the drawer on the right.” Puckering her lips as though she were about to kiss the mirror, Sachiko took up her lipstick. “Did you find it?”
“Here it is. You have shown it to Yukiko?” “Yes.”
“And?” “As usual, she said almost nothing. What do you think, Koisan?” 5.
Mrs. Niu introduces Yukiko to Mr. Hasidera. After Yukiko and Mr.
Hasidera met, Mr. Hasidera says that Yukiko looks like a little moody. It is because Yukiko is very quiet when she meets Mr. Hasidera. He likes a cheerful
girl. This is Mr. Hasidera’s speech, “There was one difficulty, though: Mrs. Niu had that morning had a call from Hasidera, who said that Miss Yukiko struck him
as a little moody. He preferred bright, lively, sparkling girls” 398. After Mrs. Niu hears that Yukiko looks like a little moody from Mr.
Hasidera, Mrs. Niu directly tells to Mrs. Itani. Mrs Itani tries to explain to Mrs. Niu that Yukiko is not moody. She is just gentle and quiet. This is Mrs. Itani’s
speech, “But Itani had explained everything. Miss Yukikio impressed people as a little moody at first, but she was in fact not moody at all. Mrs. Niu must be sure to
tell Hasidera so. Miss Yukiko might be a little reserved, but she was certainly not moody. She was so gentle and quiet that she sometimes made the wrong
impression on strangers” 398.
4.1.1.3 Submissive
Yukiko always obeys what Sachiko, Teinosuke and Tsuruko said. This is Teinosuke’s speech to show that Yukiko is submissive:
“Will it be all right, then? If Yukiko has no objection…” “Yukiko is Yukiko, and she’ll have no objection, I’m sure. But if
everything goes well, there should be plenty of opportunities later” 140.
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By knowing Yukiko’s speech, the readers also know that Yukiko is submissive. It is Yukiko’s speech:
“What shall I do? What shall I tell her?” Sachiko fluttered about the room. Yukiko on the other hand was quite calm, as if to say that the matter was
no concern of hers. “What shall I say, Yukiko?” “Whatever you like.”
“Not just any answer will do.” “I leave it to you.”
“Shall I refuse for tomorrow, then?” Yukiko nodded.
“You want me to, Yukiko?” Yukiko nodded again.
Sachiko could not see the expression on her sister’s face. Yukiko’s eyes were turned to the floor 24.
The author also gives his direct comment to show that Yukiko obeys what
her family said: “Yukiko herself said that she would marry anyone her brothers- in-law and sisters agreed upon” 18-19.
4.1.1.4 Patient
Yukiko is patient. She does not have an explosive anger when she is angry. She is just silent or she hides her emotion when she is angry. That is seen
by Sachiko, “Sachiko watched carefully for a change in Yukiko’s expression, but Yukiko showed not a sign of emotion. If the only reason for not permitting the
marriage immediately was that the sisters should be married in order of age, she said when Sachiko had finished, then there was really no reasons at all” 18.
4.1.1.5 Passive
When Yukiko meets Mr. Hasidera in the miai arranging marriage, Yukiko does not attempt to exploit the conversation of Mrs. Niu, Sachiko,
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Teinosuke, and Mr. Hasidera. She always stays outside the conversation. Therefore, the author gives his direct comment to show that Yukiko is passive:
“While the other four talked quite easily, Yukiko, just a little abashed, stayed outside the conversation. As always, she made no attempt to exploit openings the
others gave her” 397.
4.1.1.6 Introverted
