Sublime

surmise,”

IT APPEARS THAT SEVERAL BLANKS NEED FILLING IN

negating

IF IT BREAKS WHEN YOU DROP IT, IT’S AN EGG

seething

abscond.

The Makioka Sisters,

inextricable

I looked around and saw a man approaching with lots of discounted rice balls in his basket. “Irasshaimasé!” I called in exactly the same tone as before and bowed, then took the basket from him.

At that moment, for the first time ever, I felt I’d become a part in the machine of society. I’ve been reborn, I thought. That day, I actually became a norma